By: Madyson Tang, Staff Writer
The month of February the season of love has arrived. As love is in the air, many of our fellow vikings have found their match. With memories and memories between the two, let’s take a look into how different generations have found their love.
Mr. Cottrell has been a teacher here at Mills for about four and a half years. Mr. Cottrell met the love of his life in 1992 saying, “I had basically come back to visit my aunt and uncle who lived in Hawaii. I had really long hair, and I went to this record store that I used to work at in Colma. I used to work there but she was working there at the time so when I went back to work there years later, she had taken an interest in me and was talking to me about different stuff like music and then we grew kind of close. First we were kind of close, and then she came over to my house and at that time my hair was cut so the whole idea is that I had met her like months before that, but then she looked at an old picture that my mom had of like, photo albums, and she was like wait, you were that guy, like you had long hair and a beard and all that, like you were that guy that I met.”
Following that two sophomores had their love story unfold through instagram. Not knowing of each other before, she told the story of how they met saying, “He replied to one of my Instagram stories and then we didn’t necessarily meet like that, but that’s how we started becoming friends.” He added on saying, “ I was in her bio class but then I transferred out but she thought I was cute.” Now they have been together for three months this being their first valentines day spent together.
Ms. Zink is a beloved teacher at Mills having her own way she met partner. She’s been with her partner for nine years. They met in college and have many memories together. Ms. Zink added, mentioning, “Well, we met in college from student teaching. Funny connection though his mom and my aunt were roommates after high school.”
Lastly, two freshmen had a cute story that unfolds. “I first noticed him in my PE class. He was really cute and immediately caught my attention.” Continuing on, she added, “I became friends with him and then his friends and my friends became a friend group. During that time I told him my true feelings and now we have been together since that day.”
These pairs have found their love through many ways. Each and everyone of them had their own unique story to how they found the one for them.
