It all started with an invite from my friends Ki and Ariel to attend a St. Patricks’ Day Bar Crawl. I met up with them at the first bar but realized I left my wallet at my apartment. I went home for my wallet and met them later at the ticketing area. I pulled up and stepped out of my uber, one fuchia boot at a time, to see Darrien looking at me with what looked like a face of disgust. For everyone that knows Darrien, his animated facial expressions are hilarious. I didn’t think anything about it until I realized that he was a part of the group I was meeting. He later disappears and the rest of us headed to the next bar. Now fast forward to us having our first joke together laughing, at the patrons at the bar getting drunk. We chatted all evening at every bar. I got to know why everyone calls him Mr. Atlanta. Born and raised in Atlanta it’s like he knew everyone! At that time, I was looking for a house to buy and wasn’t familiar enough with the city. So here I am thinking I’ve made the best new friend to show me around the best neighborhoods. Fast forward to our first date on March 23, 2018, our first I love you’s a few months later, to my breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, then the proposal on Dec 25th 2019. Now we look forward to the rest of our lives together.