We’re getting married!

When we first met back in middle school, we were just classmates, but it never really became anything more than that. We both went on to continue our lives separately Then in April 2019 I got a facebook friend request. I recognized his name from school and accepted. About a month later we started talking, then in June we started hanging out. Our first date was a movie at my place. The moment I saw him step out of that car I just knew he was the one. On August 8, 2019 Connor asked me to be his girlfriend, and of course I said yes. From then on things moved pretty quickly. We’ve had our ups and downs, good times and bad, but through it all we’ve had each other.

Fast forward to October 2021 and we found out we were expecting. We were pretty far along when we had our first ultrasound, about 22.5 weeks actually. And on March 3, 2022 we became parents to our rainbow baby, the most beautiful baby girl, Michelle Kelly McCarthy. Becoming parents without our moms, was a whole new kind of grief, but we always had each other.

It was just like any other Thursday afternoon. I was in the living room while Michelle was playing. And Connor was doing usual things before getting ready for work. What made this Thursday different, it was right before Christmas so Connor had been wrapping my presents. He looks at me and says “I’m going to give you a present early” I asked him why and he just said “because I don’t want to wait” He walks out, hands behind his back and tells me to close my eyes because it’s not wrapped. I close them and put out my hands out. He puts a cardboard box in my hands and tells me to open. I do, but the box is empty. Then I look up and there he was, on one knee with the ring. Michelle was standing right there between us smiling from ear to ear. And of course I said yes!! And here we are