2 Years

I know that this is probably not a very momentous day for you, but for me it is!!  Today is my half-birthday!  I am a firm believer in celebrating half-birthdays.  But, that is not the only thing special about today.

Two years ago, on this very day, my day began as most normal Saturdays do.  I slept in.  At some point I am very certain I watched The Sound of Music with some of my friends in the lobby of my dormitory.  Other than that, it was a rather uneventful day, until later that evening when I got a text message: “Would you like to hang out?”  The person who sent it to me just happened to be the one person I wanted to hang out with more than anyone else.

Alexander Strickland.

We went for a walk and at some point he lead me to a little white gazebo and that is where he told me that he liked me.  I remember how nervous I was.  I reached for something off of the ground to mess with.  I picked up two wires that I restlessly twisted together.  In the end, I had made a sort of bracelet to give to him.  I thought it was very symbolic.

*Photo by Cameron Bohls

So, now we have been dating for two whole years.  Sometimes it seems like it has been much much longer.  Although it has been hard at times, I have never regretted that decision we made in that little gazebo.  Alex is my very best friend and I am so blessed to have him as my boyfriend!!

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