I met my future husband in June of 2015 and started dating him the following month. I didn’t expect to fall in love with him, especially since I had such bad luck with past relationships and my heart was closed off toward any guys. It only took a month for me to realize that I was completely, head over heels, in love with him. At first, I didn’t want to admit to myself that I was falling for him because I was afraid to get hurt again. I didn’t want to get too attached and then break up after the newness of the relationship had worn off. Needless to say, I told him how I felt and he immediately said it back, and we’ve been together ever since.

On October 19, 2016, my boyfriend asked me to be his wife. We had talked about getting married before, and I knew that he was the one for me so, of course, I accepted his proposal. Since then, and before, I was asked so many times, “How do you know that he is the one for you?” and my response is usually, “You know when you know.” I have heard that phrase from many different people in the past and it was so confusing to me. It wasn’t until I was with my fiancé that I fully understood what that phrase meant.

When you are with someone that you are meant to be with you will feel it deep down in your soul. It feels complete and you have a peace within yourself that no other relationship in the past could give you. You absolutely love the person and want to be around them all the time but you also understand that they may be busy and that it’s not possible to be together at that moment. You know that you will be okay because you both are your own person as well as each other’s. It is also a choice. If you get into an argument or a fight you choose to work through it and don’t let it break you apart. You choose to love that person every single day no matter what because you can’t imagine life without them and you don’t want to lose them.

If you have ever used the phrase, “You know when you know,” then you probably understand what I am talking about. If not, you will. Love shows up when you least expect it. I had totally given up on men and absolutely did not want to enter into another relationship but God had other plans for me. I wasn’t looking for “The One,” yet God lead me to him anyways and now I am so happy and about to marry my best friend.