After both moving to a new school in 6th grade, Alli and Ivy met by fate in a math classroom. Alli's way with words swept Ivy right off her feet at their first meeting, as the topic of earrings came up at their math class table. "If God wanted me to have earrings, He would have put the piercing holes there himself!" ...Certainly charming as ever. "Well, my mom had my ears pierced when I was a baby, so what then?" Ivy retorted. It was clear that the two would not be anything more than acquaintances throughout their early years.

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Though that first impression was not the strongest, the two found their way back to each other toward the end of high school, and connected again the summer after graduation in 2019. It seemed an impossible feat, with the distance between them when Ivy moved to Texas to go to Baylor.

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They spent their summers and breaks together, learning that distance, however difficult, makes the heart grow fonder. Two and a half years later, they would reunite and close the nearly 800 mile gap between them, and have been inseparable ever since.

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After seven years of longing, Alli and Ivy will finally be wed on October 11, 2026.