We met in the winter of 2019 while both living in Savannah. And yes, we met the old-fashioned way; online. But thank goodness that modern day technology brought together two people from completely opposite ends of the country, Rex from northern Washington, and Nellie from south Georgia. We hit it off right away and made it official not long after.

That “officialness” was immediately put to the test when Rex broke both of his legs the very next day after asking Nellie to be his girlfriend. Nellie briefly suspected he was trying to escape the relationship… but no, he actually did break them and she also doesn’t give up that easily.

What followed was an unexpected five and a half month long-distance, newly-budding relationship thanks to COVID: after Rex's legs were barely healed, he was called to set sail on a ship to Guam and Nellie was working as a COVID ICU nurse in California. The world was weird, but our relationship was weirder, in other words, perfect, if you know either of us. Long story short: here we are.

Through it all, there has been so much joy, fun, adventure, and laughter no matter what life throws our way. And we can’t wait for what’s next.