TIMMESHA & DONELL
The clock strikes midnight, gold confetti blankets the dance floor, and you share your first New Year’s kiss as a married couple. But let’s back up—because Timmesha Butler (33, a professor and psychotherapist) and Donell Davis (36, a senior manager of biomedical engineering) didn’t get here overnight.
Years ago, while mindlessly scrolling Instagram’s “Discover” page, Timmesha came across a photo of Donell and could tell right away that he was “a handsome man who clearly had a large personality.” At the time, Timmesha lived in Maryland and Donell in New Jersey. After briefly messaging back and forth and scheduling a few failed meet-up attempts, the two fell out of touch. A few years later, the
