It all began with an oatmeal raisin cookie! Andree was a Company Commander and Roy was the NBC NCO. Andree went to conduct an inventory of the property and Roy had some cookies sitting on his desk. She asked for one and the rest was history. He became her trusted advisor. They had a mutual respect for each other and an great professional working relationship. As military life would have it, both would change duty stations and lose contact with each other. Fast forward to 2020, they reconnected through the 198th Facebook Page. As soon as they reconnected, they formed a friendship and established a soul-mate connection. And the rest...is...history.

We went out to eat dinner. After dinner, Roy started to reminisce about how he and Andree met. He told told Andree, "from the first time I met you...". Then he got up and came around to the side of the table Andree was sitting. He took both of her hands in his. He got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. She said, "I will". Roy turned to the restaurant guests and proudly proclaimed, "She said, Yes!" Everyone clapped. Andree cried. The waitress brought out a dozed roses and handed them to Roy, who presented them to Andree. The whole restaurant clapped. Other restaurant guests came by to say "Congratulations" to the newly engaged couple. An older gentleman in his late 70's came by by and congratulated the happy couple and shared a blessing and few words of wisdom. Roy and Andree remained and cherished the moments. When they got up to leave, the restaurant clientele clapped again to bid the newly engaged couple, ado!