Always for Love

In June of 2013, Erin moved to Hammondsport and was looking to make new friends in the community and find summer adventures. Dan was also living in the village and by most accounts was a friendly guy, though Erin had not really gotten to know him. However, before long Dan & Erin made a connection. The week following was a blur of shared stories and experiences peppered among bike rides, outdoor movies, Otis Redding, and after Erin held her own through “The Ultimate Cataclysmic All-Terrain Obstacle-Laden Croquet Challenge Blowout". Dan was compelled to get serious. As often happens with Love, the normal constraints of time loosened, and the weeks turned to months, turned to years. True Love is eternal. It transcends time, operates outside the constructs of the mind, for it originates in the Heart. And it was from the heart that one Saturday, Dan found himself perched awkwardly on one snowshoed knee, asking Erin to be his wife. I think she said yes. They then spent the next few hours alone on the snowy trail with the biggest new secret in the world.