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Madalina & Nick

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Madalina Kelner

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Nick Murphy

September 3, 2023

Plymouth, MN

Feathers and Sunflowers

Madalina took a gap year after high school for life planning and medical reasons. In the meantime, she really enjoyed going swing dancing on Thursday nights with friends at the Ukrainian American Community Center, also known as 301, located in Minneapolis. Eighty miles away, Nick was President of a Swing Dancing Club at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Every Thursday, this club would drive up to Minneapolis to swing dance at 301. One chilly night in October, 2015, Madalina and Nick were both at 301 for swing dancing. Madalina, wearing an ostrich feather fascinator, spotted Nick and asked him to dance. They had a dance and it was wonderful, and as most dances go, they went their separate ways to dance with others. The following Thursday, Nick found himself looking for a good and more easy-going partner after previously tiring from a challenging dance. Scanning the dance floor, he spotted some colorful ostrich feathers undulating in the crowd. After another fabulous dance and cozy conversation with Madalina, Nick asked for her number in order to stay in touch. To that she responded, “This doesn’t make you my boyfriend”, and punched in her phone number. After continued contact, a date was made and at the end of that date, Nick asked Madalina out again. Madalina told Nick that he might not want to get serious with her because she was going to be having a medical procedure with a long healing period. Nick responded, “Oh no. You mean I have to hang out with you and watch movies and cuddle?” I guess you could say the rest is history. Nick brought Madalina a bouquet of Sunflowers to the hospital. Five and a half years later, on a hot summer day, Nick proposed to Madalina in a field of Sunflowers.

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