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September 28, 2019
Chicago, IL

Kathy & Dan

    Kathy Gao & Dan Leppert Wedding Home
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Dan

Leppert

and

Kathy

Gao

September 28, 2019

Chicago, IL

Our story

When we knew he/she was the one

Kathy: I still remember when I walked up to him for the first time, Dan took a while to say "Hello" back to me and I wondered if anything was wrong. That was the only awkward silence on our first date, after that we talked continuously as we got to know each other. We took a trip to lake Geneva a few months after we started dating and the fuzzy feeling of love came to me when we were on the lake watching the night sky having a satellite finding competition ( I totally won). From that moment on, it was no longer " I like you a lot". it was a done deal. Dan: I have only been speechless twice in my life. For those who don't know, Kathy and I met on match.com. After seeing her profile, I was astounded that I'd found a woman this beautiful who seemed interested in me and thought there was a good chance I'd either be stood up or have my identity stolen. The first time I've ever been speechless was when Kathy walked up to the table I was sitting at on our first date. The realization that she was even more beautiful than the pictures from her profile and that I wasn't being trolled by a fake match.com profile probably made me look like I was staring. Thankfully I snapped out of it before long. The second time I was speechless came after a short rest following a night shift, Kathy and I were going to the suburbs for brunch. I was exhausted so I went and got coffee and then waited downstairs for her to exit her parking garage. While waiting at the exit, my eye was caught by a shiny red corvette slowly making its way down the ramp. As the car approached, I noticed that the driver had a serious resemblance to Kathy, and then it dawned on me that it was her in there. I stood next to the car unable to comprehend the situation. As traffic backed up, Kathy finally exclaimed "Jump in!" She had rented me my favorite car for my birthday. I was speechless, she had done it again. These speechless moments put an exclamation point on my feelings for her.

For all the days along the way
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