BYU FASHION SHOW

A quick story. Or maybe not so quick depending on how much time you have to read this. Jon + I had a one really big break up back in our dating days. Lots of little ones too, but the last one was “The real deal.” He broke up with me + took my heart with him. It all went down while I was in cosmetology school in Provo. He lived in SLC + uhhh he did it over the phone. Harsh? Harsh. Didn’t help that I had the flipping swine flu. I thought I was going to die. This was the man I wanted to marry you guys. I was heartbroken, in denial + begging all of my sisters to text him to tell him he had made a mistake. (monkey covering mouth emoji) It’s a little laughable now, but it wasn’t then. His bad for timing the break up 3 days before our school’s halloween fashion show that he had agreed to emcee for. There was NO way he would dare show his face, would he? Oh, he would. This is Jon Parrish in a brand new pair of black skinnies, a crisp white v-neck + a button down sweater with a striped hood. He never goes shopping — It was such a statement. He looked fly as fly + it made it THAT much worse. I dressed up as Peter Pan in my favorite green tights. Most of the girls at school didn’t know that we had broken up so when he knocked the show out of the park, it was super awkward. Everyone laughed at his witty jokes (if you know Jon, you know public speaking is his strong suit) my models worked it on the cat walk + there I sat alone in my puddle of pity on the front row with my green tights crossed tightly + my white face mask (swinepoohimeanflu) as my number one excuse not to talk to anybody. I knew he was nervous, my legs were jello, but I still couldn’t look at him. He bailed the minute it was over + I found a text on my phone – “You okay?” That night was my turning point. I was moving on. Haaa. We lasted about a month apart. He came crawling back like I never thought he would + when I was asked to emcee the BYU Fashion Show this year, he was eager to sit on the front row. Ky + Lo drove down all the way down to support me. We headed down early. I wore a fancy dress + my green Peter Pan tights. When I saw Jon walk through the door, I nervously kicked that little black lantern right off the stage. I had a grin on my face the whole night knowing that I came out on top of the dating battle. Wink wink. I hope that boy never stops giving me butterflies — + that’s the honest to goodness truth.