I always thought, when I found the one, it wouldn’t take me long to say yes. And that’s just how it happened with Ben. On October 8, he showed up with painting supplies and a ladder for my new home. He helped me prep my window frames for painting after a delicious dinner in Puyallup. He kissed me for the first time under a clear starry sky. It was the second date that made me realize that I might have found the man I had always dreamed of. As he put up my blinds, after the painting was finished - looking like the lumberjack he is, in the red flannel he was wearing - I thought to myself, he could take care of me for the rest of my life. He proposed to me on February 4th, after a dinner at Lobster Shop on Ruston Way by taking me out on the boardwalk. It was freezing cold, and absolutely perfect! Thank you for being my goofy man I can be my absolute self with.