HIS We first met at the Swallow Cliff Stairs, for a weekend run that I organized with some friends. Afterwards she didn’t really want to hang out with the group, but she did ultimately participate in other group runs in the city. I like to believe it was because of me, HAHA. Wasn’t until she found out we were attending the same local concert that we really started to hit it off even though I fell through on my promise that we would get tacos afterwards. However,I used that as a chance to lock in a second date. More dates we went on the more she captivated me with her charm and her gigantic smile. Our favorite dates were when we went to see plays. Then one summer afternoon, we went to watch Shakespeare in the park and that’s when we decided to start writing our own script. HERS April 2015, gave me so many reasons to celebrate. I turned 25, completed grad school, moved back home to Chicago, and met the man I would soon look forward to spending the rest of my life with. The latter on the list wouldn’t become obvious until months later. After about 2 weeks of celebrating, I decided to add working out to my agenda. I had found a fun opportunity to do so when a weekend run at Swallow Cliff Stairs event was posted in a group chat. Adam was the man behind the plan, who greeted me in the parking lot as I arrived. However, I was more interested in working out then making new friends so I choose hanging out with my friends after the run instead. Sometime later Adam invited me to participate in group runs around the city, which I did in the name of fitness. However, the geotag feature on snapchat is what lead to our ultimate connection. It turned out that we were attending the same concert. An Afropunk event that I decided to go to alone dressed as a librarian, but left with a new found friend and zero tacos. Luckily lots of taco dates, smiles, laughs, and love followed.

The day started with the most cliché and amazing thing of our generation, Brunch. However, it got better from there as we made our way to the WNDR pop up museum in Chicago. Adam had arranged for a friend to come and document the day, that Vincia presumed was just another day at the museum. ”As we walk up I see one of our friends, taking pictures, and think oh we must look really cute today” says Vincia. Once, inside the museum a sense of joy and awe instantly takes over, there is poetry, swings, candy, Erykah Badu quotes, floating balloon room and more. All of these led up to the reason that people, in LA and New York spent hours standing in a line to experience, The Infinity mirror room. I know most are probably disappointed to hear that we weren’t the reason. Before entering the room we are instructed to take off our shoes, and that once we enter a 2 minute timer would begin. “At this point, I’m freaking out trying to figure how to make the moment I’ve been planning for months happen in 2 minutes”, says Adam. Once in the room Vincia was immediately attracted to a sculpture in the middle of the room. Adam calls Vincia over to take a picture with him, but specifically request it be prom style. “Weird right, but I did it anyway, “says Vincia. While turning around to face Adam to take a regular picture. Vincia finds him down on one knee, as he says the words every girl waits to hear. “I take that as a yes”