My Life By a Snapshot

Hi again, friends! This is part two of mine and Noah’s relationship journey this past year. This will make the most sense if you’ve first read part one. Click this link to read it first. Okay, let’s keep going, shall we? On March 12th, I flew to Detroit then drove across the border to Windsor, Ontario to see my sister for spring break. We spent a few days there before a friend picked us up and drove us to Cambridge where I’d previously lived. This is when life got even crazier. I’d planned to be in Canada for ten days, but after just five days, I decided to cut my trip short and return to Texas because of the rapidly evolving COVID situation. I wrote a whole blog post about COVID and His Hill, so I won’t go into too much detail. But after I’d been back in Texas for about a week, we found out that our school would be closing, so I had to return to Canada—again. When we were told this, I started crying, which I never do in public. This was not how 2020 was supposed to be going. I was su...

Hi there! I started writing this post on July 25th, 2020, which was supposed to be mine and Noah’s wedding day. I thought I’d take this opportunity to talk a bit about our relationship and all that’s happened this year. It’s been a wild ride. Buckle in, because this is going to be a long one, and I’ve been wanting to write it out for a while. Here we go! Let’s start with our engagement—December 22nd, 2019. I spent my Christmas break with Noah’s family in Austin. He brought me to the Trail of Lights, an event held in Zilker Park around Christmas time. It was stunning, and we had fun looking at all the beautiful lights. At the end, we went to see a giant Christmas tree, where he asked some strangers to “take a photo of us.” Actually, when out of my earshot, he asked them to take a video as he knelt and proposed. Needless to say, we were ecstatic, and once we were engaged we spent the rest of my break planning our wedding. We hunted for a venue and found our dream location tucked into som...