We had known each other for years as friends with Michelle working in the ER at NCH and Michael working as a paramedic for Collier County EMS. One particular busy shift, Michael heard Michelle's voice respond over the radio to a paramedic calling into the ER with a patient. He texted her to make fun of how annoyed she sounded, and the rest is history!
We had been planning a vacation to Greece for months. We spent 10 days in Greece, traveling from Athens, Mykonos and finally Santorini. Little did Michelle know, Michael had the ring with him the entire time. The first night in Santorini we got dressed up to go to a nice dinner in Oia, which is the northern part of the island. Once in town, we walked around, browsed through a few shops and just took in the amazing views. We walked down a flight of stairs and found a gorgeous place to take a picture. Michael insisted on finding someone to take our photo, instead of propping our phone up against the building. He comes back 5 minutes later with a couple (who ended up being on their 25th wedding anniversary trip and from Vero Beach, FL no less) to take our photo. This is when Michael got down on one knee and Michelle proceeded to ugly cry for not only pictures, but a video as well. She was so surprised, she still doesn't remember exactly what he said while down on one knee. The whole moment seemed straight out of a movie. We then proceeded to get kicked off of the private property we were on LOL. This was followed by an amazing cliff-side dinner and calling all of our closest friends and family!