August 20, 2021 - It was the third day of classes our sophomore year of school. I had already hurt myself this semester and if you know me well, you know that of course it would happen that quickly. Luckily for me , I was on crutches ( bet you never heard that before ) and I didn’t feel like hobbling around campus to get breakfast between classes. So I stayed in the building I was in to get breakfast and I ordered my Dunkin’ Donuts. Then the loudest human being walked in and said, “HEYY EMILY”” !! At this time I knew who Dylan was from instagram and our crazy family connection ( his sister interned at my home church ) but I didn’t really KNOW Dylan , never had a conversation other than waving in passing. He came up and asked how I am and he saw I was on crutches . I told him I twisted my ankle by missing a step outside of an apartment on campus and he laughed at me ( yup, that turd laughed at me ). Next thing he said was , “DM me your number on instagram, we should hang out sometime.” I agreed but little did he know, there was no way that was going to happen . I wanted to wait until the next day to see if he would DM me. Well he DID DM me and said, “Hey Emily ! I’m not sure if I asked you yesterday but what is your phone number ?” I decided to give him my number and we texted the rest of that day. Then this turd of a man decided to leave me on delivered for THREE DAYS. Clearly he wanted to be chased. For some reason, I caved in and texted him to see how he was doing and from there on he begged me to hang out with him. He asked me to hang out late Friday night but I had a test the next morning . ( on a Saturday , so he thought I was lying and avoiding him) well I wasn’t , I really had a test and then right after I rented a car to drive down to Georgia for a friends birthday to surprise her. We didn’t talk all weekend until that late afternoon I was headed back to school and he texted me when I was an hour away and he said, “Hey, let’s hangout tonight” . I told him that I had to return a rental car by a certain time and I said “here’s your chance to hang out, take it or leave it” and he jumped on that chance . That night, Sunday August 29, 2021, we hung out until 3am and talked about what felt like everything !! That night I knew that Dylan would be in my life for the rest of my life , I just never knew that it would be as my husband . I’m forever grateful for these past two years of dating my very best friend and for all of the blessings and lessons the Lord has brought us ! Here’s to forever D ! <3