We are getting Married!

Due to the unique Virginia Covid constraints limiting the number of people at gatherings to 25, we are sad to have to limit participation in our wedding. Each of you have played an important role in our lives and we wish so much that we could have you there with us during the ceremony. Unfortunately, that just isn’t possible with the required limitations. Please celebrate with us from afar via zoom, and support us in focusing on the many opportunities we will have to be together in the future. We love you and are grateful for each of you.

Although we love your children, we regretfully cannot accommodate them at the venue due to restricted numbers. In order to allow all guests, including parents, a day of relaxation we have chosen for our wedding day to be a 12 year old and up occasion. We hope this advance notice means you are still able to share our big day with us and you will see this as an opportunity to enjoy time amongst adults and celebrate with us!

We first officially met back in September. We were at church setting up for a swap meet when Brad and his father Frank decided to go out in the hall and have a talk. During that time, Frank told Brad that he should go talk to me. Me, Eva, minding my own business setting up in the gym. A little while later Brad comes into the gym and we have a nice chat. Then we both go on our way. 2 months later, I am in Ohio spending Thanksgiving with my mom and my friend Amy. We are having lunch one day and I get this text message from Brad asking me if I would accompany him on a date to his work’s Christmas party. I said Yes! And the rest soon became history.

Our first date was at the Costco Christmas party. It was a fun chance to meet some of Brad’s co-workers. We spent hours talking during the party and afterwards getting to know one other. Within the course of the evening, our conversations went from talking about ourselves to talking about our hypothetical future together. Our conversations were so smooth and natural that I don’t think we even realized we were discussing the future (of what was to come). It was so easy to talk to one another that we decided to continue talking every day since.

We had been going on dates and talking for 2 weeks and Brad had not held my hand at all! We would be out on a date and I would be screaming in my head “GRAB THE HAND IF YOU WANT IT!” To top it off, I was struggling to know if I could or would be able to open up to Brad. I reached out to my friend Rosanna explaining to her my concerns and anxieties. I remember telling her that I felt like it would be so easy and natural to fall for Brad, and if I did I was going to fall fast! All the emotions that I was feeling added to an already growing sense of anxiety. I think I knew, or at least my soul knew, that this was going to be a turning point in my life, but I didn’t realize that at the time. I decided to write down what I wanted to say to Brad that would clearly and efficiently get my feelings, thoughts, and anxieties across. Rosanna looked over what I wrote and then encouraged me to send it to Brad. I expressed my reservation but agreed to send it anyways. I then promptly went into a panic attack while poor Rosanna had to try and calm me down. Rosanna said “you need someone that understands your anxiety.” She was right! How could Brad ever have a chance if I didn’t let him in just a little bit to let him know what I was feeling. What would Brad say? All while I was gripping the phone, not breathing correctly, panic attack happening, crying due to the panic attack, Rosanna waiting to hear what Brad said... 5 MINUTES LATER! Brad responds with “In short and in the fewest words: I wanted to ask you last night if you wanted to officially be my girlfriend, but I’m quite nervous as well and chickened out.” My response was “YES! I would love to be.” I went from full on panic attack, to having a boyfriend. It took me about an hour to recover from the panic attack. I am so grateful to Rosanna for being there when I needed her and always being a voice of encouragement and support! It was an emotional day but we were and still are excited to see what the future holds.

We had our first kiss at a Young Single Adult New Year’s Eve Dance on December 28, 2019. We were dancing to Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years. When Brad leaned in and kissed me. Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years is now our song.

One of Brad’s co-workers gave us tickets to the Drive in Movie Theater in Stephens City, VA. Brad requested that we dress nice because this would be our first date out since our area was effected by Covid-19 back in March. So we dressed nice and went to the drive-in. Brad had tons of snacks in the car and we were ready to go. As we were waiting for the movie to start, Brad and I were talking away and he got all excited. He said he got me 2 surprises and that he wanted me to guess what he got me. I guessed that he got me Skittles or Bueno bar. He said to pick, so I picked Bueno bar. I was right and out comes the chocolate! Brad said that the Bueno bar came with strings attached and that I would have to answer a question correctly to get the chocolate. Brad pointed something out happening around us and when I turned back around he had the ring out waiting for me. He then asked me If I would marry him and I SAID “YES!” to which he promptly said that it was the correct answer, put the ring back into his pocket and tried to hand me the chocolate instead of the ring. I told him that I wanted the shiny diamonds. So he gave me the ring and then tried to take the chocolate back. I eventually won and got both. I was so jittery happy that I could barely focus for the movie.

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