The way my mum and daddy told me they met is mum was at the gym and a guy (daddy) came up to her and smiled, she walked away, and for a few weeks he kept doing that. Then one night it was pouring and they started dancing barefoot in the rain in the parking lot of the gym, and a police officer came to see if they were okay. Then another night they got chinese food and daddy kissed her in the car, that was their first kiss. Then one day i met him for the first time at lake compounce, after that we went to the mall and i asked him to tell me a story, he told me a story which were stories he made up. When we went on the cruise to the bahamas, he went from Tom to Tom the manatee. I told him to jump like a dolphin but then he said "I'm not a dolphin im a manatee" On valentines day he gave mum a poem saying something something like near the sea ill ask will you marry me I have no idea but it was something like that. A year later on july first 2023 my birthday I watched as he proposed to my mum and even gave me a ring asking me to be his daughter, That was the best birthday gift I could ever ask for. He started out as a stranger to me but now he's my dad and the best one in the world. But crazy thing is he stayed with my mum when she cried because she saw cows on the side of the road. Daddy also taught me how to ride a bike when nobody else was able to. Now i'm biking to beaches in cape cod where my parents got engaged. Now there's only a year till Me and mum are Sotos and soon we will have our own house together. Written by Ellie Bean