Katie and me.

Katie

I do miss my family and the Blue Ridge Mountains, but life in Nashville has its perks. Katie and I are finally in the same city!

We met through the electric cooperatives’ 2010 Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. She was serving as Alabama’s Youth Leadership Council representative while I was serving as North Carolina’s. We stayed friends for several years, in and out of touch with each other. We started a long-distance relationship halfway through college.

She graduated from Auburn in 2014 and is working as a nurse. Being in Nashville together has been an opportunity for us to grow separately as individuals and grow together as dear friends. Plus, she is a great-looking date and doesn’t mind being dragged to Vince Gill concerts. It was from there that I decided to propose in June.

Yes’m, the past year has been an adventure. I have a classroom, and I’m getting married. Life is good. Thanks for caring, North Carolina.