Look at what God did to us!

Alex and Anjane met in their egroup. As one of the leaders, Anjane was the first to arrive to the group's first meeting. Alex was the next to arrive. The Disruptors would unite for the first time at Barnes and Noble on February 21, 2024. Alex considered not showing up that day. He had no idea that his obedience would lead to family. A family healed and a family built.

A week after the initial introduction, The Disrupters (as the eGroup called themselves) met at Anjane's house for the last night of the Elevation Nights tour, which was being streamed. Anjane offered Alex a ride from Durham, as his car was not highway-ready at the time. Throughout the evening, various group member pulled each of them aside, inquiring about what they saw developing. Neither Anjane, nor Alex had noticed any sort of change in energy and mannerisms, but the group did. After the concert was over and everyone else had left, Alex was kind enough to offer to help clean before returning home. Anjane could not have been more overjoyed...if you know, you know. That was the beginning of a beautiful friendship that would continue to blossom into the love we now celebrate.

Making this house, this home, this gift from God central to our story is important to me. Partly inspired by the lyrics of the country song "Dirt Cheap" by Cody Johnson: "And over there is where I got down on one knee / when all this is here, why would I ever leave" We knew pretty much from the beginning that this relationship was headed towards marriage. That being the case, I felt that I should take a little extra care to give the proposal something special. So, I bought a bouquet of flowers, which included a stem of eucalyptus. I snapped a piece of the eucalyptus off and stuck it into the ground in our front yard, giving it the appearance of naturally growing in that space. I then hid the rest of the bouquet in the tent we had set up nearby. I casually mentioned having seen some "wild eucalyptus" growing in the yard at different times throughout the day. By the evening, Anjane still hadn't seen it. Eventually, I said, "Let me show you. I'm not sure, but this really looks like a little eucalyptus plant to me." I led her to the spot, giving a good point and a shoulder shrug. She examined it for a moment, confused. She even plucked it from the ground, noticing that there were no roots. Before her brain had an opportunity to make a reasonable judgement about what was going on, she turned around to see me on bended knee holding the ring I had been carrying in my pocket. Shock and awe on her face, I asked, "Anjane, would you continue to make me the happiest man on Earth and be my wife?" Her face answered before her voice did, but when she said yes, I slipped the ring on her finger, grabbed the still hidden flowers, handed them to her, and embraced her in a hug. The rest is history...in the making. Does the eucalyptus make sense now?