Our Story by Emily

At Ole Miss, junior year my friend, Paxton Williams, had moved out of our sorority house mid-year and into an off campus house which happened to come with two male roommates. Paxton and I were sitting in their living room when I first met Seth. I thought he was cute and we said hi and then that was it. Over the course of junior year, Paxton filled me in on what they kept in their fridge (beer and condiments only) and how fun it was to spend time with them. Paxton frequently mentioned how Seth was such a nice guy.

Senior year, we had a sorority formal. I had asked Paxton if she could set me up with one of her guy friends as a date. Paxton tells me that she set me up with Seth. The formal was fun but I thought that would be the extent of us spending time together. Seth asked me to spend time with him the following week. He later told me that he thought I was cute and he was intrigued.

Throughout the rest of the semester, we continued to spend time together. I started to develop feelings for him but we both knew we were going to graduate and go to two different cities so it didn’t feel like the best time to start a relationship. I was planning to move to Columbia, SC for my master’s degree and Seth was waiting to hear if he would get into medical school. At the end of summer, two weeks before class started, Seth found out that NOVA had accepted him into medical school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

We had tried to say goodbye three separate times over six months because long distance was not ideal but by then we had both fallen in love with each other. After the third time, we finally committed to doing long distance and officially starting dating. This lead to driving nine hours or taking weekend flights to see each other for the next two years. This season was extremely difficult but we both thought that this could potentially lead to marriage which made it worth it.

My graduate school program was a year and a half. The last semester of graduate school, I needed to start applying for jobs. The only issue was Seth had a lottery system that would determine his location for his third and fourth year of school. He wanted to leave Florida but the only location was Corinth, MS with only two spots available. I started to apply to jobs as close as I could get to Corinth. I found one in Birmingham, AL that met all of my criteria and took it. Shortly after I moved to Birmingham, Seth won the lottery resulting in a move to Corinth, MS. We closed the nine hour distance into three hours. Weekend flights turned into weekend drives and this gave us the ability to see each other more.

The Proposal

In March 2020, Seth asked me if I wanted to take a weekend trip back to Ole Miss. He told me that he wasn’t on call this weekend so it would be a fun getaway. Seth wanted to eat at all of our favorite restaurants but also wanted to try a new one on Saturday night. He said that we needed to get there early because there was a wedding going on right by and we should also dress up because it was a nice place.

We pulled up to the restaurant but he told me that he wanted to take a walk first because the trees looked really pretty. We walk part way down the walkway and he stops, turns to me, and then gets down on one knee. I don’t think I even let him finish asking me the question and immediately said yes.

We are so excited to get married so that we can finally eliminate the distance gap.

E&S

Wedding Day

5:30 PM

Ceremony

6:00 PM

Sit Down Dinner & Dancing to Follow