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Like all great love stories, this one started with a great friendship. Max and Casey both have different opinions about the first time they actually met, but life wasn’t quite ripe for them to date, so they maintained a good friendship. They continued that friendship through sophomore year, where Max was thoroughly convinced that he’d never […]

I can still remember when Emily came home from her summer in Indiana and told me about this cute ginger boy she had met. They were just talking back and forth at that point. But she was enamored, because 1. he had red hair, 2. he liked to read. If I remember correctly, it was in […]

God brought them both to Floyd, Virginia. At separate times. Through separate callings. They went to the same college, but God brought them 40 minutes away, to an even smaller town to start their sweet love story. Cory and Beth work in the same school. And neither of them thought they’d end up in Floyd, […]

I can just picture it now. Michael and Emily at the corner table in Black Water Loft. Warm drinks in their hands. Soft conversation and occasional laughs. That afternoon wouldn’t make things official, not for awhile. But it was a good start. Because they both come back to quiet, meaningful conversation over full, warm mugs […]

It all started over football. Which is quite fitting really because if you know one thing about Rachael it’s that she loves her some Green Bay Packers. And also that she loves her dog, Emma :] So how ironic is it that a complete stranger would start a conversation with her by poking fun at her […]