April 25, 2019 First date: bowling alley is closed, so how 'bout a walk? Oh, Fort Taco is drive-thru only. How about some more walking? Cool, maybe there will be a second date.

June 2, 2019 We become "official" Other dates included quite a few nature walks, 1776 and Cinderella at the Muny, pizzeria trivia nights, the Science Center, diner food, John Wick 3, Texas Roadhouse, dogsitting, Wicked at The Fox, two months of dancing lessons at Ballroom Dance Academy of St. Louis, and spending as much spare time together as we could.

March 2020 Patrick moves to Pennsylvania for a job, and COVID shuts everything down two weeks later. Long distance is the name of the game (lots of Skype and phone calls). We alternate visiting each other every other month.

August 8, 2021 proposal on Mount Tammany, NJ we roadtrip back to Missouri and get settled together in Ste. Gen

November 19, 2022