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Miami Engagement Proposal Photographer: Zak and Brittany

Brittany and I met in Tallahassee, FL on Saturday, February 28th, 2015. Brittany approached me first, which really caught my attention, and instantly I felt a spark between us. We had a brief conversation before re-joining our respective groups of friends that we had arrived with. We reconnected several times throughout the night before she informed me that she was celebrating her 21st birthday weekend with her friends. At that point, we sat down together at the bar and had a drink with each other, but I knew our story could not end there that night. Thankfully, we exchanged numbers, and I left that night knowing that I had just met someone who was going to change my life.

The first thing that attracted me to Brittany was her sense of humor and her ability to have a good time. It does not matter if we are going to the grocery store, cleaning the apartment, or on a long road trip together, she brings me the greatest joy in any situation because the two of us will laugh and enjoy each other the entire time. There is no better feeling than spending your time with someone who loves to make the people around them feel good.

  I knew Brittany was the one very early in our relationship. One of our first dates was just the two of us going to a bar down the street from our apartments (we lived a block away from each other!). We had planned to get together for a quick drink at 10:00pm, and before we knew it, we were lost in conversation with each other. After what felt like an hour or two at most, we looked at our phones for the first time that night; it was 3:00am! It felt almost as if time didn’t exist when we were together.

Shortly after we began dating (3 months into the relationship) I had to move back to Ohio for a work opportunity. For 13 months, we had to fly back and forth between Ohio and Florida to visit each other, have ‘date night’ over FaceTime, and continue to build our growing relationship without letting the distance get between us. Finally, in September 2016, she was able to join me in Ohio, and we have never looked back since! As I’m writing this, we are sitting next to each other on our flight back to Atlanta, our first flight as an engaged couple. I used to have a love-hate relationship with airports; it either meant I was picking her up to spend some time with the love of my life, or dropping her off and saying goodbye for now. Now, we look back at that time and laugh, because if there was ever a love strong enough to survive the distance and duration, it is ours.

I chose to propose in South Florida because it is her home. She has made so many sacrifices for me by following me to Ohio and Georgia for work that I wanted this moment between us to be somewhere that is special to her.