It was English class, first day of class, freshman year of high school. It was not love at first sight. Assigned seating stuck me between Joe and his soon-to-be best friend (and best man) Nick. They constantly talked over me until I asked to switch seats with Joe. Thank goodness... But three years later, our friend groups converged and we started dating. I stuck a sticker to Joe's windshield from a water bottle that said "Lifetime Guarantee," and we joked that we'd have to break up if the sticker ever fell off. And it never did.

We went to get coffee and walk around one Saturday morning like we always do. Standing in the park square, Joe asks me to turn around. He gets on one knee and pulls out the sticker from his windshield and asks me to marry him. "Lifetime Guarantee," he said. Next summer we'll be getting married at the church where my parents were married over 30 years ago. We're so excited for you to celebrate with us!