On May 9th 2021, Rich and I decided to take our dogs Maia and Voski on a lovely walk. Towards the end, we turned off the main path to let them dip their paws in the river water. As I was admiring the sparkling sand on the riverbank, Rich asked if I'd gotten a new collar tag for Voski. I bent down to look closer and noticed a heart shaped tag with the words, "will you marry me?" When I stood up and turned around Rich was down on bended knee. His brown eyes were fixed on mine and he spoke with a gentle confidence as he held out a ring more beautiful than I could imagine.