The bride and groom met on a blind date at an Air Force Ball in Charleston, SC while Sara was still in school at USC. The night together went so well that they arranged to meet again in Columbia, SC the following week and traded off visits between Columbia and Charleston for the next 8 months. Once Sara started graduate school at MUSC the couple were no longer long distance and shortly after Sara and James adopted their beloved dog Baloo. Sara and her cat Wren moved in with Baloo and James. James proposed to Sara in their living room on New Years Morning of 2021 and she ecstatically said yes.