Tom and I met the way that most people do these days... online! And naturally, I had my doubts that anything would come of it. In fact, Tom likes to say that I almost blew him off (which he’s correct about), but boy am I glad I didn’t! The night of our first date I knew that there was something special between us. Fast forward 3-4 months and our worlds shut down due to the pandemic, but it was this shut down that made our relationship SOAR! We saw each other at our worst during those times and we learned how to love each other through it all. I knew quickly that Tom was the man I was supposed to spend my life with and lucky for me, he felt the same!

2 months before our one year anniversary Tom and I began having very serious thoughts about our future. We were already living together due to the pandemic, so our relationship had already taken a big leap and it was incredible. The day he told me that his intent was to marry me, I was on cloud nine. We began looking at engagement rings together, just to get an idea of what I liked (or so he thought!) Anybody who knows me knows I can be a *little* pushy... so when I found the ring that I absolutely loved, well, let’s just say we left the store that day with it being purchased! About 2 weeks later we were nearing our first vacation together, which is when Tom intended to ask me to marry him. I however was a little pushy again. October 2, 2020. I spent the day with my mom and Tom picked up my ring. Of course I had to see a picture of it, and then of course I had to nag *jokingly* about him giving it to me. It was this nagging that lead to what I thought was an argument. “Let me do this my way.” “I don’t want to just give it to you out of spite” Those were Tom’s words. And I was flustered! I came home that day expecting him to be angry, so of course me being the queen of nation passive aggressiva, I came home “mad”. Music was playing, a candle was lit, and there he was in his suit, waiting for me. “Here’s your mail” I angrily said with my back to him. “Well are you going to turn around?” -Tom And the rest is history. Saying yes to his proposal was the easiest thing I’ve ever done, and the smartest! Our love is unique, our story is far from perfect. But to us, it’s just what we’ve always wanted!