It was Fall 2015 when Dawn and Derek's love story first began, just 2 single forty-somethings who happened to both swipe right. Because the stars aligned they met. Their first date was a Saturday brunch. She was late. He still teases her about that. Derek calls her Beautiful and Dawn calls him Mr. Wonderful. After discovering a mutual love of pizza, travel, and sports (even boxing), it wasn’t long before Dawn and Derek were on their first international trip to Cancun, Mexico… then, to the Dominican Republic, Amsterdam/Paris and Hong Kong/Bangkok followed. Weekly date nights turned into to monthly trips to Las Vegas, Hawaii, Los Angelas, Miami, Atlanta and about fifty other spots in between, often visiting friends and family but mostly ‘just because.’ Thoughtful and purposeful, as Derek often is, he proposed on April 22, 2019 after bible study for Dawn’s parents, sister, and closest friends to witness. She said yes, and we can’t wait to tie the knot and continue our happily ever after on August 25, 2020.