# @jacksonstateu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BqlQvTmA-Wo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15113398-jacksonstateu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-11-24T23:52:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jackson State U. (@JacksonStateU) — https://gondola.cc/JacksonStateU

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#JSULove - "Twelve years ago, I was an incoming freshman at Jackson State University. I had plans to march for the Sonic Boom and had been introduced to Justin earlier that spring. He assured me that he would look out for me once I was in the Boom, and I took his word for it. That was in April. The next time I saw Justin was November of 2006. I don’t know how he was supposed to look out for me and he was NEVER at practice! If you were in the band with us, then you know Justin only showed up to practice on Thursdays and Fridays. Needless to say, Justin was just someone I would say ‘hey’ and ‘bye’ to during the rare times I would see him in the band hall.

Well by fall 2008, Justin decided to come to practice a little bit more. We like to laugh at the story of how I lost his car keys in Pine Bluff, Arkansas after a football game against UAPB.  I’m quite sure those keys are STILL lost somewhere under the bleachers. As the marching season progressed, we knew that we liked each other more than friends. However, in life timing is everything and, at that point, the timing just wasn’t right.

Over the next six years, Justin and I lived very separate lives. Although we both remained in Jackson, our paths never crossed.  However, in 2015 Justin sent a Facebook message apologizing for things that transpired years ago. I responded with ‘all is well’ and wished him the best. It was another six months before we spoke again and decided to rekindle a friendship. Through much growth - separately and together - we made it official in January of 2017.

Later that year, on the morning of Nov. 4 (JSU’s homecoming), at Cracker Barrel surrounded by friends and family, Justin proposed! When asked why Cracker Barrel, Justin stated, that months ago, it was here, while playing checkers against each other, that he knew he wanted to marry me. 
I’m forever thankful to Jackson State University and the love I found at My Dear Old College Home." - Lauren (Class of 2010) on her engagement to Justin (Class of 2010)

Congratulations, Lauren and Justin!

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