When God wants two people to meet he just flat makes it happen.

In 2015, Elizabeth got on a plane to Corpus Christi and it just so happened Murphey Henk, her long time Highland Park friend and my college roommate, was on the same flight. She was headed to Port A, while Murphey was headed to Rockport to hang out with me and the rest of our TCU entourage. They were surprised to see each other, but neither thought much of it. One year later they were on the same flight heading to do the same thing. Elizabeth, being the single adventurous young woman she was, decided to inquire about this friend from San Antonio Murphey was continuing to visit at the coast. Needless to say she was impressed and intrigued by the the time they touched down.

She became so intrigued in fact that the following week she wrote me a Facebook message... I created some suspense by delaying my response. In time, I excitedly responded with my phone number. Granted, I had asked Murphy a lot of the same questions the week before and was equally interested in her. This excitement and interest lasted a full year as we texted and wrote back and forth about football, fishing, and food until the time and distance between San Antonio and Dallas pushed us apart.

Even though Elizabeth and I had only really known each other as modern age pen pals, after months without talking I found myself sincerely missing her and I knew I had to meet her. I decided to give it another shot.

I reached out to her and found out we'd both be back at the coast in March (2017). As fate would have it, we ended up at the same restaurant in Rockport that Friday night. We didn't get to speak much that evening and it was another 2 months until our first date but I believe it was that moment, that we finally looked each other in the eyes after almost 2 years, that we both knew we had something special.