Meet Aaron...

Aaron and I met roughly 5 years ago. I went to high school with Aaron’s brother, Lucas, so I always knew of Aaron but never really “knew” him. Our love story started in a lovely small town bar named “the Brite Spot.” I was driving my friends around that night and Aaron was in there just blowing off some steam from a long work week. I was playing a game of pool with my friend Dan who was getting fuller by the minute. Dan got distracted talking to a few of the locals and apparently Aaron could see the boredom on my face. Aaron asked if he could fill in for Dan and finish our pool game out.

We hit it off right away. Our conversation never seem to cease and there was an immediate attraction that still holds true to this day. We ended up playing ten games of pool that night, me losing every single one of them. Not exactly sure when it happened but a button off of my pea coat must have fallen off because at the end of the night in order to get it back I had to give him a kiss…on the cheek of course! For those of you who know Aaron I’m sure this comes as no surprise he is quite the “shmooser.”  I remember calling one of my best friends that night and said, “So I know it sounds crazy but I met someone tonight and for some reason, whether it’s a friendship or something more I feel like he’s going to play a really big part in my life.” My intuition proved me right.

From this point on Aaron and I started talking and hanging out just about every chance we could. We were immediately drawn to one another. He was living in Waterloo and I was just finishing up my sophomore year at the University of Iowa. The distance didn’t even faze us; it’s hard to remember all the details of this part of our relationship because I feel like we’ve been together our entire lives. One thing I do remember is that I fell in love with Aaron pretty much from the very beginning. There was just something about him that rang in my heart like I had never experienced before. He was the one, I knew it almost immediately but was so overwhelmed by the thought I tried not to entertain it for fear of the feeling not being reciprocated. I learned pretty early on the feeling was definitely mutual.

Aaron is the most incredible person I have ever met. He’s my best friend, the most loyal person in my life, honest, trustworthy, selfless, and loves me more than I could have ever asked for. He’s such a strong person mentally and emotionally. He’s been through so much in his 31 years of life and still has the best sense of humor in the world, thinks of others before himself, and is more concerned with my happiness than his own. I honestly could not think of a better person to spend the rest of my life with.  I can’t wait to be Mrs. Aaron Heying. I feel so honored to be able to become one with such an amazing man. Aaron makes me a better person and that’s one of the things I love most about him. He has risen the bar to such a height that I strive every day to continually make him proud to be with me because I am so very proud to be with him.