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Neither can remember their first date. Not because it wasn’t special or they have terrible recall. Rather, they had been good friends for so long that their friendship transitioned so easily into dating. She says, “Dating for us just felt natural and I think we both didn’t know why we waited so long. I had always […]

They weren’t strangers when they saw each other one afternoon after a Hawkeye football game. They knew each other from high school, but had never hung out. But when they saw each other after the game, now in their college years, they started talking and they just never stopped. He says he was drawn to […]

They met in high school. From freshmen all the way through, they knew each other as fellow classmates. It wasn’t until their senior year that things changed. And they’ve been together ever since the day he first asked her out. Since their love story began in high school, we went back to the beautiful City […]

Her gown hung on the curtain rod, backlit by the beautiful overcast light coming through the window. On the table lay a variety of necklaces and earrings because she couldn’t quite decide which would be the perfect pair. Her dark hair was pulled up and pinned to the side with a white flower tucked into […]