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Sedona I met Cole in June 2019, shortly after ending a two-year relationship. My roommates teased me about being a “serial monogamist” and pushed me to try a dating app, so I gave in, eventually deciding that it would be good for me to go on one date with a total stranger, just to say I did it. Cole Sedona and I met on Bumble, where she was drawn in (supposedly) by our shared taste in good bad movies. One turtle club reference from Master of Disguise and a fumbled ‘you hear about Pluto?’ (Psych) “pickup line” later, and we had a date set. Happy hour tacos outside of Pike Market in the summer of 2019. I was immediately drawn in by Sedona’s overwhelming love and compassion for the world, alongside her fierce independence. Sedona We went on 3 dates that summer before I told him that I was pursuing a relationship with someone else (a close friend at the time). We agreed to keep in touch and saw each other about once a month to go hiking or develop film or grab dinner. Cole Much to my disappointment, we didn’t end up dating that summer. We stayed friends and continued to see each other on totally platonic 1-1 hangs like sunset movies in the park (me totally pining over Sedona). Sedona I ended that relationship about 2 months later once I realized that that other person was truly just a friend, and by December of that year I was thinking about Cole all the time. I felt like I had lost my chance. I spent the next two months working up the courage to ask him out again. I realized that I had already told him no once before, so the worst he could do was say the same thing and we could continue being friends like we had been. In February of 2020, I finally sent him a text that said “Next time we hang out, can we call it a date?” and I was elated to see the response “Yes, I would really like that” flash on my screen. Cole Fast forward to a budding romance, we had our last in-person date hiking up Artist Point the day before the world shut down for Covid. Sedona took this in stride. I’d regularly open my door to freshly baked goods, love letters, and all kinds of sweets. When we reconnected in person as a ‘pod,’ I somehow felt even more love towards Sedona, who I hadn’t seen in months. Sedona By July, we had made it official. By October, I knew I loved him. By November, we said “I love you” for the first time. Each day spent with him was the new best day ever. I cannot imagine my life without him and the peace he brings to my chaos. His heart is deep and full of care for those closest to him. He is loyal and giving and gracious. We really do compliment each other in an "opposites attract” sort of way. I think that’s why life with him feels so easy, it just makes sense. I love how much overlap we can share with beliefs and hobbies while still maintaining so much individualism. Cole I can be a little sheepish in admitting this. But I’ve known Sedona was special since the day we first met. In 2019 not long after our first date, I was walking down Alki with my dad when he asked a simple ‘are you dating anyone right now?’ We weren’t dating then and barely even knew each other but my mind instantly went to Sedona. I fumbled out a ‘not really but there’s this girl I met named Sedona’. It took some time, but my head eventually clued in to what my heart has known all along. Sedona Cole is my person. I cannot imagine a future with anyone but him and I get giddy every time I daydream about our future together, from sunset picnics to trips around the world. Cole I’m left with all of the little things that add up to our shared love; holding hands biking through the city, dancing in the kitchen while cooking a weekday meal, finding the perfect shade/sun spot to sit in the park, banter on the chairlift, small acts of service like filling a glass of water ‘for romance’, soup cats, and every day acts of ordinary that have without notice been transformed into extraordinary.