Keegan and I lived on the same street for years before we even formally met each other. Joni Avenue will always mean something to us. I met Keegan at a friend's house 13 years ago. Little did I know the friendship that would develop. He was a very shy guy who said little words and always had a smile on his face. He was the total opposite of me who was outspoken and out going. I would constantly make small talk with him and over time he FINALLY started to open up to me. Who knew he was so talkative :). Over the next 13 years we had many laughs, many fights, many tears but one thing was constant...our loyalty to our friendship. Over time that friendship grew into something more. He was always the one person I could count on. The one person who never judged me. I remember our first official "date" we joked about how weird it was because it just felt like every other time we hung out. I fell in love with my best friend. I said Joni Avenue would always mean something to us because who knew that all along love was right around the corner.

Keegan and I went to SC in July of 2017 and I was so sure he was going to propose. To me it was the perfect time, my entire family was there together all in one place. We were there for 10 days and I remember talking about it with my mom everyday thinking that would be "the day". She would tell me to not expect it and to just let it happen, which was so hard. Well we had a great vacation and we came home and still no ring. Time went by and August 19th came. That morning we were going to my sisters for the weekend. It started like any other morning, so I thought. Xavier and I were still asleep in bed and in walked Keegan with breakfast in bed not just for me but for Xavier too. I was so excited just because no one had ever made me breakfast in bed before. I turned to Keegan and told him how cute it was and how it was a first for me. He looked at me and said well today is a day full of "firsts" and he reached into his pocket and pulled out a little black box. I was stunned you see I had ran thru in my mind how I would react when this day would come, but at that moment all I could do was cry. He asked Xavier if he could marry his mommy and Xavier laughed and said yes. You see all along I wanted Keegan to propose on vacation but that was not his style. He wanted it to be more intimate just me him and Xavier and I could of not picked a better time then that moment. I will remember that day for the rest of my life. In that moment I realized that all the different directions that my life had taken up to that moment all led to him, and I was forever grateful.