Sep. 4 2014

For those of you who don't know, our story begins way back in 2012 (10+ years!) at the start of high school when we first met through mutual friends. At first, Ireland thought she was too cool and popular for a nerdy guy like me. However, she soon learned that I was one of the funniest and nicest guys of all time and we slowly began to talk more and more, even leading to numerous late-night conversations over Facebook messenger and Skype. Fast forward two years, and we officially began dating during junior year of high school. Between movie dates and late-days spent at school, we really began to connect with each other. Little did we know the wild journey that this would take us down.

As college approached, we didn't know what to expect, but rather made promises to each other to try and make things work despite going to college in completely separate states in Ohio and California. It was only during this time of long distance we realized how much we valued each other's company. Daily Facetimes were a necessity. Nearly every vacation opportunity was taken to visit each other or family. We never knew where our future career paths would take us but we certainly knew that we were dedicated towards each other.

We enjoyed long distance so much that we decided to do another 4 years of it as one of us went to medical school in Toledo, Ohio while the other decided that Toledo was too grand and fancy and decided to stay in the small humble city of Los Angeles, California. Throughout these long dreaded years of distance, our commitment to each other never wavered. Each visit brought so much joy but was so short lived. We could not wait for the day that we could finally be in the same area...