We were set up by long time friend Nanette Troutman. She lured us together at a fundraiser for Central City Concern. After exchanging pleasantries, we drove to a little Irish pub in Milwaukie...and the rest is history.
He took me back to the church where we met...we sat in the car together and swapped songs back and forth. We normally go back to the pub every year and sit in the same booth and give each other cards and gifts, but it was closed due to the pandemic. He played the first song that he ever played for me "The City of Black and White"...and then his favorite Styx song...that's when he pulled out the ring...It was perfect!