We’re getting married!

Kristen and I met like most people seem to do these days, at work. I just so happened to be her mentor when she first started and MY GOD was she GORGEOUS! Kristen began seeing me frequently asking for help with work then eventually she asked for my number. I declined, but only because I was playing hard to get. I could see that she was the type of woman to re-shoot her shot if she got the chance and she did in her own way. Before you know it weeks passed and we literally spent the first half of our days at work sadly just talking in messenger getting to know one another. A mutual friend at work invited us all out to a movie and from that day forward, I knew she was nothing ordinary. After holding onto her number I decided to FaceTime Kristen not realizing my number however would show. Long story short she wrote my number down answered FaceTime held the conversation not telling me a thing. Later that day she called me back on the phone. We both began cracking up laughing at how this all went down. From there we spent the entire weekend talking and texting for hours on end and I knew then the way she carried herself, took care of her little one in addition to her beauty inside and out that she would be the woman for me. However I wanted this to be different. I wanted her and I to be sure without a doubt that were committing to one another. We spent the next few months as friends just peeling layers from one another after all this effort it just hit me in my gut I had the biggest epiphany This woman is your one! What are you waiting for tray? Ask her to be your woman girl. So I did- she blushed and gladly received me we have been writing our story ever since.

I Proposed to Tray on 12/22/17. That entire week I could barely contain my excitement. Her custom made ring came in and if you know me, you know I can’t hold water when I am excited about something. Tray and I had just came home from a date night (even though she was sick, she still managed to find a way to take us out and have an amazing time.) The house was warm, smelt amazing and Christmas spirit was all over our house. Tray had sat down on the couch and started to express her love to me and all feelings that she felt for me. Of course I started to cry well, because let’s face it.. I am extra emotional. With that being said, now I am not only emotional but I am nervous. My stomach was full of butterflies and my heart was pounding out of my chest because I knew that this was the big moment. I could not wait a second longer. So, in the middle of Tray expressing her feelings for me, I ended up changing subject to find an excuse to get away to go upstairs and get “the ring”. I asked her if she could straighten my hair and said I’ll be right back, I got to get my flat iron. *random, I know. Nerves will do that to you. I came back down the stairs, with my hands behind my back and obviously missing the flat iron and stood in front of Tray, vulnerable as ever. I called her by her full name and instantly started to tear up asking her if I could talk to her and expressed to her how I felt about her from day one. I promised her my heart, and asked her to be my forever. We both cried for almost an hour just holding one another. At this point, I’m really nervous. She said yes, but she didn’t even look down at the ring. Being the over thinker I am, I almost passed out not knowing if she loved her custom made ring or hated it. Eventually she looked down at the ring and seen it just shining at her. I’ll never forget what she said. “JESUS, TAKE THE WHEEL! THESE DIAMONDS ARE CALLING MY NAMEEE, YASSSS GIRL, I DO, I DO, I DOOO!”

January 2018 I reached out to a New York Jeweler to discuss my design on what I wanted Kristen’s forever ring to look like. Over time I paid attention to her vibe and styles that caught her eye but wanted something that was one of Kind that she would never walk into a store and see. I worked the next four months putting together something for Kristen to call her own. “The one” it was completed in April, I knew I was taking Kristen on a vacation to Cancun Mexico in October so the wait began. I anxiously kept it hidden until the time came and secretly hid the package in the suitcase praying nothing happen to our luggage because I didn’t want to take the chance with her being nosey with a carry on. Halfway into our stay, I waited for the right moment which was 10/1- I reached out to concierge to order in red rose petals and I went to the beach front- Set the scene, I shaped the roses into a heart and made a pathway for her to come to me. The wind was blowing making her hair flow like it was video scene. Kristen came to me shaking and confused, I got on one knee expressed & confessed my love for her then asked her for hand for the rest of my days. She said yes before she even seen her ring and her face and reaction to it all was truly unforgettable. it was like fireworks on the 4th of July I was so elated that she wanted the rest her life to include me in it. Everyone surrounding the beach cheered and congratulated us and I have been on high ever since.