We're Getting Married!

Ben and I first met in college working at retail store on State Street. At the time, we were both in relationships. Later we were both working and living in SF. We reconnected when we realized we were in the same city but never worked out the logistics to meet up. A couple years later I moved back to Santa Barbara and Ben reached out to see if we could grab lunch while he was in town and the rest is history.

Ben and I were on a trip to Fiji and had just arrived on one of the Islands. It was too early to check into our room so we threw on our suits and headed down to the beach. Ben wanted to walk and clearly had a destination in mind, a rock formation about half a mile down the sand. I kept stopping to look at the fish and he kept dragging me along. Eventually I was too eager to get in the water and stopped walking and insisted we go for a swim. I swam out first and after a minute Ben called my name. I turned around expecting for him to take a photo (he does that a lot) but instead found him back on the shore and on one knee. I later found out he had been carrying the ring around in his swim trunk pockets because he wasn't sure when the right moment would be. Still gives me anxiety thinking about that.