Soon to 'I Do'

The night to first meet came and I was anxiously enjoying a lively Friendsgiving in a luxe high-rise apartment in KC. He was nervously waiting for me to finally pick up my phone so I could come downstairs to go to the former "Foundry" to grab a drink. From first "Hi"s, I knew that he was a gentleman with charisma. He knew I was going to be a hard one to break out of my shell...or maybe not. Soon, we were a couple drinks deep and took a romantic/sleepy drive around the city. By the end of night, I put a smacker on his lips with a "wow!" following from him. The rest is history.

Nelson decided to pick the most pleasant day to take me to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to see the Napoleon Bonaparte exhibition curated by the lovely Aimee Marcereau DeGalan. Afterwards, we went out on the lawn to enjoy the unseasonable December 60F with some frisbee. Nelson was off his game. He "intentionally threw the frisbee way off course so I could sneak the ring box into my pocket.” After getting a little sweaty, he ran up to me and said "I think I'm going to throw up". I ask if he is okay and he drops to one knee. I hardly let him talk before I blubbered the words "Yes" to him with glossy wet eyes. Neither of us could stop crying for the rest of the day. A few hours passed, and Nelson wanted to grab celebratory dinner at our all-time-favorite restaurant McCoys. Little did I know that he invited some of my closest friends in KC to celebrate with us. The crying never stopped. I've never felt more complete in that moment. I'm one lucky gal!