Tag: personal tragedy

Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns met through mutual friends in Los Angeles about eight and a half years ago and were just friends initially. Their bond deepened when Towns' mother passed away from COVID-19 complications in 2020. Woods, who lost her father to cancer at nineteen, understood his grief. After his mother's death, Woods visited Towns in Minnesota, and they decided to explore a romantic relationship. Towns proposed on Christmas Eve, the same date Woods' parents got engaged. He designed her ring incorporating their birthstones and their parents' birthstones into the band, symbolizing the families joining together.