A girl (Ashleigh) walks into a bar. A guy (Davis) is already sitting there. She walks up and tries to reconnect from college. I didn’t know if I’d ever been so flustered in my whole life. With a 60-year-old old man sitting next to me eaves dropping my eventual response, I didn’t know how to react except to brush her away. Instantly, I knew I made a mistake. Later that night, I searched through my contact book to see if I still had her there. To my delight I saw it - Ashleigh Rauner. I texted her. The next morning I woke up to her response. She wanted me to make it up to her. Over the next months we learned what it was to love each other. Her sunny smile would brighten my day like morning light through a window, it scattered any doubt and brought warmth I never knew. We realized life together brought us joys we could never experience alone. Learning about our complexities in the light of the other's, we began to understand the ineffable beauty of each other's hearts.

On this blustery day in early March, I proposed to her in the park and she said yes. She was a good sport about the wind and was not the least bit surprised. I read her a note because I knew I wouldn’t be able to recall anything in that moment. I cried a little at first and then her. We spent the rest of the day the way we hope to spend the rest of our lives, surrounded by family and friends.

In a quiet courtyard on this warm fall afternoon, we exchanged handwritten vows and rings. We ate a beautiful meal served family-style around a single table and heard kind words from our loved ones. We even recreated the dance line from Hitch to 'Now That We Found Love'. We felt so loved. We are ready to be together.