“I Met My Person”_ Terrence J _ Mikalah’s Dubai Wedding _ Bridal Bliss

I got really lucky. And, you know, I just met my partner. I met my person. And, you know, in life, that's so rare. And I just I'm very appreciative. Mikaela and I met in Manchester, England. Mikaela was there working as a model and she was at a holiday party and I was friends with the guy who was throwing the holiday party. And I was actually DJing the holiday party. And I noticed Mikaela from across the room and we made eye contact and kind of just, you know, had an eye contact going on for the night. And before she left, I was like, I just have to get your information. And that was the beginning of our romance. It was it was love at first sight. We've been together ever since. Yeah. Yeah. Literally from that first time that we met in a cute holiday party in Manchester, England. What a romantic comedy story. When conflict arises, how do we problem solve? Well, Mick has a very high level of emotional intelligence and being with her has really helped me, you know, increase my emotional intelligence and how we work through any issues that may arise. But when it comes to something that we may not agree on, I think the thing that I've come to notice and learn is that she's usually right. So it's just best for me to, you know, happy wife, happy life. Yes, we handle conflict by listening to each other. I remain calm. I help walk him through what he's doing and what he's actually trying to articulate. And, you know, it just takes patience and understanding one another. I rented out an art gallery in Miami, the Perez Museum of Art, and I told her that we were going to an event there. We went and she was looking around like, where is everybody? Because the art gallery is completely empty. And I'm like, oh, the event's on the rooftop. So when we go to the rooftop, the elevator opens up, family's there. It's overlooking the water, you know, and then I got down on one knee and neither one of us remembers anything that I said. So, yeah, it was a really special moment. My reaction, I was just in complete shock. At first, I didn't see that my friends and family were there. They were behind a curtain. And once he got down on one knee, the curtain rose up and I just saw everybody standing there waiting for me to answer. And then as soon as I said yes, they came running out and met us on the carpet. And it was just such a beautiful proposal. It was absolutely perfect. He put a lot of thought and detail into it. And it was everything I could have ever wanted. We have had the best trip of our life. Not only were we able to, you know, celebrate the biggest day of our life, but we were able to bring our entire family. We had all of our friends. We had one hundred and thirty people from all over the world come to Dubai. We had a beautiful curated dinner in the desert. We got to experience a yacht that took us all the way around the marina. We got to walk through Global Village and experience all this culture and good food. It's kind of one of those places that has it all. So we're really happy with our decision to get married here. Hospitality is world class. We've been staying at the Atlantis the Royal, and it's just been absolutely stunning and fantastic. The food's great. The vibes are great. And yeah, to be able to celebrate this with my family and the love of my life, it's been great. Give me your strength and show me your weakness. We're in this together now. Give me your love. And ten years from now, when I look back at this moment and I think about who I can be and what this relationship and what love has taught me is I really just want to be the best husband that I can be and the best version of a man that I can be. I saw somewhere on TikTok it was something that said, you'll never in your life have everybody that you know, that you love, that means something to you. There's only two times when that will happen and you're only around for one of them. And so for me, when I look at 10 years from now, 20 years from now, like I just want to enjoy and embrace every single moment with her. I think when you lose somebody, you realize how precious time is and how precious life is and how all of these moments are fleeting. Right. And so to be able to really like be here and be in the moment, it's really a blessing. You know, Essence has always been a part of my life growing up. Essence has been sitting, you know, on the nightstand and on the coffee table. It's been a magazine that has been a part of the culture and a part of my personal journey. You know, I've been to so many Essence festivals. I can't even count them. And so for me to be able to have this experience with my family at Essence, it really meant a lot. Yeah, we both really wanted Essence. I mean, like he said, it's a big part of our lives. I've been to a lot of Essence events as well, and it was just super important to have a magazine that supports the culture be a part of this.