Is how we do.

365 days ago, something crazy happened to me. Weber was hosting The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. I was trying to be as involved and helpful as I could, running around doing what I was told would be best for me to do. I was house managing this show and was walking down the hallway between two theatres, and my eyes locked with a guy. I had never felt that way before. It was as if someone turned on a light I didn't know existed. I'm not saying I knew exactly what this would mean, but I know something was happening to me that never had before.

I walked down that hallway multiple times in the next fifteen minutes, even though I didn't need to, just to see him again. Every time I did, he stood up a little straighter and smiled.

After my show got out, I started walking to the Union for the Cabaret social we were putting on. And who just happens to be walking the same direction as me with a big group of friends. I'm about half way between buildings, walking fast because seeing him made me giddy and nervous, when he calls to me, "Hey... Hey, you're really pretty!" His friend (Andy, I think) turns to him and says "Stop being creepy, Erik." And me in my nervous state says the first thing that pops into mind, " I can take a compliment." (So stupid) I then proceeded to walk/run to where I was going. They ended up going somewhere else.

I figured I wouldn't see him again because there were so many people at this festival. But the next day, who do I see everywhere but this guy. We ended up on the same row in a show I was watching with my professor, Jenny. It was all I could do to not look at the guy who was staring at me from the end of my row.

I told my friends Josh and Maggie that I had seen a guy, and there was something about him. It wasn't just that I thought he was cute, it was something else. This guy was important to me, and I didn't know why.

Now we are married and have a beautiful baby girl. Yeah, everything didn't go as planned, but is just how we do. I knew then that we were supposed to be together, and although it's cheesy, it really was love at first sight.