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We met at the gym.. I was in the middle of a set, headphones in, completely in my own world. When he walked up, I assumed he was about to ask how many sets I had left, so I quickly said, “ I got one more set. I’m almost done.” hardly even looking up. But that wasn’t why he came over. He told me he had seen me there before and that I had become his gym crush. (Oh he’s bold, love that) He said most people would’ve just left it at that and admired from afar, but he decided that day he was going to come introduce himself. He asked me out and asked for my social media. I told him I didn’t have one (which if you know me you know), and I think for a second he thought I was brushing him off. Safe to say he was pleasantly surprised when I gave him my number instead. Looking back, it was such a simple moment but something about it felt different in the best way and would go on to carry the start of everything.

When this Florida gal moved to Overland Park, Kansas, I spent a lot of time searching for places that felt like me, somewhere I could go, slow down, and feel grounded again. One of the first places I found was the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, and I fell in love with it almost instantly. I even started volunteering there. The grounds are beautiful, peaceful, and full of this quiet kind of energy that made it feel like a little sanctuary, especially being so far from everything and everyone I had always known. It became my place. Keith and I had been there a few times together before, so when he told me he got tickets for us to go see the Christmas lights on December 22nd, I didn’t think anything of it. It just felt like a perfect, festive date. And somehow… he completely surprised me. Looking back, I should’ve known something was up, but he threw me off in the best way. He had just gotten, without a doubt, the worst haircut of his life. And if you know Keith, you know how much his hair matters to him. So the idea that he would choose that moment to propose.. wearing a beanie, no less- never even crossed my mind. But he was determined. Nothing was going to stop him from doing what he had planned and I love him even more for that. What I didn’t know was that he had also coordinated with two of my best friends, Kaitlan and Josie, to be there and capture the whole moment. As we walked through the lights, he led me up to the top of the hill overlooking the property, right under the limestone gazebo. There was a group of people standing there, and he told me he was going to ask them to take a picture of us. What I didn’t realize was that he was actually whispering to them that he was about to propose and asking them to move. (Hehe) I was completely confused when they started walking away instead of taking our picture. I was trying to figure out what was happening when Keith grabbed my hand. And I felt it. There was the slightest shake in his hand, something in his voice and in that moment, everything shifted. I knew. He got down on one knee and made the most beautiful promise. He told me how much I meant to him, how he was ready to choose me every single day, and asked me to marry him. It felt like everything stood still. I said yes, of course and as we hugged, cried, and tried to take it all in, Kaitlan and Josie came running out, celebrating and cheering. I was so overwhelmed seeing them there, and we all just fell into one big group hug. Knowing that he spent so much time carefully curating the perfect moment for me, to be surrounded by love in such a special moment for us, meant the world to me. It was the most perfect moment, full of love, intention, and a kind of certainty you don’t have to question. It’s a moment we will both carry with us forever.