We knew each other from BLD but were always just friendly acquaintances. Josh moved to the Bay Area for some time, and when he moved back to New Jersey, started working with Priests for Life, an organization which supports the annual March for Life in Washington D.C. In 2016, Alyssa and some friends from BLD volunteered to help out with Priests for Life. Josh and Alyssa became friends and the rest, as they say, is history!
Christmas Eve 2017: Alyssa's mom's grand holiday feast. Family and friends are sitting around enjoying their meals. As Alyssa is about to do the finishing touches on the dessert, Josh asks Alyssa to move to another room to go pray. After a short prayer, he tells her to find a new ornament on the tree. Already sensing something's up, Alyssa has difficulty finding the ornament. Josh just takes it off the tree, opens it up and gets down on one knee to propose!