Let’s start from the beginning...
I was a freshman at Converse College and had just gone through a breakup; so I was down in the dumps on Valentine’s Day. My good friend Meredith decided that we needed to get out and have fun instead of drowning in our single sorrows. We went to a Valentine’s party at Wofford College and were having such a great time! Meredith was off talking to someone, and a boy (looking very out of place) wearing a high school letterman’s jacket caught my eye. I made my way through the crowd to say hello. Turns out, he was a high school senior from up north and was on a recruiting visit to play football at Wofford. He was such a cutie; I was instantly smitten! We talked for a little while, but the night was coming to an end and we parted ways without exchanging information. (dumb!) I forgot his name before we even left. Over the next few months, I bugged Meredith constantly asking, “Remember that cute high school boy at the party? I wish I knew his name! Do you think he’ll come to Wofford??”
Here's Joe (on the right) in his sweet little jacket that night (haha!)
Fast forward to the next fall…
One night, we were at the same fraternity house at Wofford that hosted the Valentine’s party the previous semester. I was sitting on the back porch talking to some friends, and “high school boy” walked in the back door. I have never been so surprised in my entire life. He instantly recognized me and came over to where I was. We talked the whole night and shared stories about how we had both been thinking about each other since his recruiting visit and wondering if we would see each other again.
Our first picture!
It is so crazy how things work out; we have been together ever since!
Next up, the proposal story…
