Ryan, our dog, two cats, and I all live in Roanoke, Virginia, but are both originally from Memphis, Tennessee, where our family still resides. Ryan and I first met in high school, but didn't really know each other until after college. After moving back home from Mississippi State University in December of 2015, toting my B.A. in Journalism in my back pocket, I attended a young adult group at my local church and saw a familiar face. It took us a little while to reconnect, but by February of 2017 Ryan asked me to go out for a coffee with him at a small coffee house near our houses. The rest, as they say, is history. We were married very near New Year's of 2018 when I had only six months left in finishing my master's degree in communication.