The Story of US.

It’s story time here on the blog! And you guys are in for a treat because I am going to tell you a little bit of my fiancé and I’s story. That’s right, you read it correctly FIANCÉ. Y’all I am engaged!!!! It is still crazy to think about honestly, but it’s real life and it is MY real life (insert party hat emoji). When I say it’s a dream come true, I really mean it’s a dream come true. I have been dreaming about this since I was 16 and started crushing on Aaron. So, I’m super excited to tell you a little bit about our story.

Now before I start, I think it’s so important you know a little bit about Aaron. First of all, he is SO HANDSOME (insert heart eyes). He is about a foot taller than me, so that means I literally look up to him lol. He works at Starbucks and makes the best PSL! He is the most gifted musician (ask anyone with ears). He plays the guitar and sings so good, which is lucky for me because what girl doesn’t want to be serenaded from time to time?? If you know him, you know he loves Jesus and is the kindest person to everyone he meets. Oh, and he is FUNNY without even trying. He is not only a good friend, he is the best son, grandson, brother, and uncle (ask is fam, they would agree). He is also my best friend and I think very highly of him if you can’t tell.

Okay now I think I will start…

So, we had gone to church together for a few years, but it wasn’t until the summer before our sophomore year that we started to become friends. That friendship eventually turned into a crush and we were pretty much inseparable. We talked, texted, and hung out it seemed like all day every day. To many, I think it just seemed like a high school crush, but we had a connection that I don’t think a lot of people understood, but in their defense, we were just dumb teenagers so I get it. We were never “officially” dating when were in high school and I think that caused a lot of confusion for some because we acted like were. And that also caused a lot of problems with our parents (who now are so happy that we are together!). I’m not going to go into too much detail with that though, just picture it like a Romeo and Juliet situation but both of us made it out alive and well lol.

That part of our story lasted for a couple years until we graduated and things got a little better and we spent a lot of time together that summer. However, we both knew that at the end of the summer Aaron would be moving to Colorado for an internship and that was a sad time for Emily Ginanni. Like listen to Taylor Swifts “Red” album on repeat sad (iykyk). We didn’t talk a lot when he was away, which we expected to happen. We both went on with our lives occasionally reaching out from time to time. It was weird because we were friends sometimes and other times we weren’t. Definitely a roller-coaster. One that didn’t end for years.

Flash forward to summer of 2018. We were both going through a lot and for some reason, after not really having constant communication for a couple years, we turned to each other. Looking back on it now, we needed each other. We needed familiarity in the unfamiliar seasons we were in. At this time, he was living in Kansas City and I had just moved to Sherman so we still lived miles away, but thanks to facetime it was like there was no distance at all. We were finally reunited when we were both in Lubbock for thanksgiving that year. We met up for dinner and I could tell that something was different… something good. I was so nervous!!! We had not seen each other in real life in so long and we weren’t the same people we were back then. We had both seen things, did things and changed for the better. We had become better versions of ourselves, I think. It just took us living our own lives to do that. I’m thankful for that night because seeing each other sparked something in both of us and it was good. Just a couple weeks later, Aaron drove all the way from KC to Sherman just to see me and he asked me to be his girlfriend!! I will never forget that. He told me that he would rather give us a try and it fail than for us to not try and go our whole lives without knowing if we would work out together.

~side note: I’m tearing up typing this part because it was one of my favorite days~

It’s safe to say that we did workout.

We spent nine months of doing a long-distance relationship. If I’m being honest, that was one of the hardest things we have done. It took WORK you guys and a lot of communication that I was not very skilled in. It also took intentionality. We had to be intentional about every text, phone call, face time and planned visit. It also took a lot of love, which we had plenty of. When I moved back to Lubbock, we were finally able to be a real couple… not that we weren’t before, but it seemed more real when we got to actually hangout all the time.

We have been together for almost two years and to say that I get to spend forever with my best friend fills my heart with so much joy. We have had so much fun together and we have grown not only individually, but more importantly TOGETHER. We balance each other out and I love that we aren’t the same people. We both bring different things to the table and its awesome. We have a lot of dreams and goals we want to accomplish and I simply cannot wait to do them together.

So, there you have it, the story of Aaron Woods and Emily Ginanni. It is the condensed version of course, because this is a blog post and not a book. We joke about how Nicholas Sparks will write out our story one day and the movie will be epic!

Wedding planning is in the works so I can’t wait to share that with you guys. In the meantime, here are some throwback photos of Aaron and I as well as some pictures from the night of our engagement. As always, thanks for reading!! <3

~The future Emily Woods