Leitha's Perspective:
We met on the good ole Tinder app back when mingling with strangers was fun and social distancing didn't matter. We had our first date at Chick-fil-A. Thomas, of course, ordered his chicken sandwich with NO PICKLES!! And then to top it off, he ate his fries WITHOUT KETCHUP!! He informed me that he does not like pickles or ketchup. This information was honestly almost a deal breaker, but then I thought about it and realized the less ketchup and pickles for him, the more for me! :) After this date we really didn't talk for a while, but then one day I realized he was the guy I wanted to take a chance on and boy am I glad I did. We have had our ups and our downs, but there's no one I would rather spend this crazy roller coaster of a life with than Thomas! He truly is my rock and the balancing act in my life. We are complete opposites in the sense that I am always a nervous wreck and he is always the calm in the middle of every storm. He has seen me through so much during the last 5 (almost 6) years of us being together and, looking back, I realize he was the rock in the center of it all always reminding me to trust the Lord and pray about everything! God truly blessed me with the best person when he sent Thomas my way...something I had prayed for, for a very long time. I cannot wait to grow our life together, Thomas!

Thomas's Perspective: Leitha basically summarized up everything I would say about our timeline in the paragraph above, meeting online, going on a date and then not talking for awhile, sewing some wild oats, talking again, realizing we wanted to be together, then slowly but surely realizing we couldn’t make it through without each other, and here we are, writing up a blurb on our wedding website. This is all true, and perfectly stated. I can’t imagine where I’d be, and I don’t want to know who I’d be, without Leitha by my side. Sure, like she says, she’s the anxious one and I might be the calm and collected one, but she’s also the “let’s go try this thing” or “just go” person. If it wasn’t for Leitha, I never would’ve tried Boba Tea or Korean Corndogs or Brussel Sprouts or even Salad (🤢). I never would’ve had dogs in the house, or chosen to go to the beach on vacation instead of being in the mountains, or go down the makeup aisle on my own to get some tiny piece of makeup that has even tinier text on it (seriously, can’t they make it a little easier?), but I am so glad that I have, and it’s all because of Leitha. She completes me the way no other human that I’ve met could, and I have no one but her and the Lord to thank for that. I can’t wait to grow together in both our relationship together, our relationship with God, and try many new things together as well (no Leitha, this doesn’t mean I will try Sushi). Let’s (finally) get married!