Effortlessly falling in love and blessed with hope of eternity

Our first meeting was at church. Jesse participated in Autumn's lesson at church. Later on Autumn invited him and a few others to a game night. Jesse offered to pick up Autumn and her brother, but long story short we ended up going together alone. We left the game night early to get ice cream and stayed out till 3 am talking outside sitting on a cement bench in front of Coldstone. Jesse opened Autumn's door when we decided to leave and that was when hope started to grow exponentially. The next day we went out to see a movie (Star Wars, Solo). Jesse wanted to hold Autumn's hand the whole time and Autumn was wondering why he hadn't! It was not quite the hand holding kind of movie. After the movie we went to what would become "our spot" in the Vistancia desert. The stars glowed and the sky danced! We talked effortlessly for hours. It ended up as another late night (or early morning) as we got home at 5 am.

One day Jesse was talking to Autumn about a conversation he had had that day. In his remarks he said, "Autumn and I are probably seriously dating." Autumn interrupted his story and said, "Wait...probably? Only probably serious?" We started to laugh. Definitely probably seriously dating.

Autumn knew Jesse had picked up the ring he designed that weekend, but was so lost as to a time frame! We had made plans to go for a hike but Autumn was worried about her busy schedule and timing. All of a sudden everything was cancelled. When Autumn met Jesse at his apartment the sun had already started to go down but Jesse was eager to go out and do something! So out we went and drove through the desert to "our spot" at the top of an Arizona mountain. Autumn in sandals and Jesse nervous as can be climbed up rocky incline to get the best view. We talked about our first time there, the sunset, the cold breeze that made Autumn snuggle up closer to Jesse. Autumn suddenly proclaimed "Jesse, I love you." Jesse decided to ask how much or how to best describe her love for him. Autumn started to ramble with the central theme of anything can happen but together is complete hope, trust, growth, excitement, and the true definition of love. Jesse turned to face Autumn and explained that this wasn't the reason for coming but that this was the place where we started to fall in love. He couldn't imagine a better place to start eternity. He got down on one knee and asked Autumn if she would marry him. She responded with a quick excited whisper of yes. However, when we embraced in a hug she whispered into his ear, "Probably". We giggled.