Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter had known each other basically all of their lives. 

Growing up as next door neighbors in the small town of Plains, Georgia, their families were close friends. Jimmy’s mother, Miss Lillian, even helped bring Rosalynn into the world during the Summer of 1927. A young Jimmy, at three years old, met her for the very first time a few days afterwards. 

When Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter became officially engaged he gifted her with an engraved compact that had the letters ILYTGwhich meant “I love you the goodest” (it was something his parents affectionately said to one another). 

They were married on July 7, 1946 at the Plains Methodist Church in their hometown and as they say…the rest is history ❤️