Newly neighbors and spending time together, Kevin consistently treated Marie so well...that she felt the need to be up front with him over and over, and tell him "We will NEVER, ever date." On Sept. 9th 2015, while in Mexico for Marie's birthday, everything changed. After a whole day of drinks in the sun, they set out to an evening excursion that included a boat ride to a remote location for a jungle dinner and show. Picture this: The sun is setting, painting the sky beautiful orange and pinks while they are on the boat ride in the beautiful ocean, drinks in hand, and 20-30 dolphins swimming and jumping along the side of the boat while they headed towards their destination. Marie, having had several drinks, turns to Kevin with the wind whipping around her, and says "Can we date now?" When she woke up the next morning, she panicked, thinking "what did I do?! why did I say that!" She played it cool through the rest of the trip, and decided to ride it out as to spare him as little hurt as possible. Once they returned home, she still couldn't bring herself to have the hard conversation to end it with Kevin, putting it off for a couple more weeks. However, before she could work up the courage to tell him how sorry she was....She fell in love. Kevin showed her the safest, realest love she has ever known - and stood back until she came to him on her own. Never pressuring her, never manipulating her, never mistreating her. Instead, he showed her honor, respect, and protection. He gave her his incredible friendship, and in turn, she couldn't help but fall in love in such a way that her true self began to bloom. It's like God tricked her fears into His freedom. Kevin is the most extravagant gift from God, which is one of the reasons why Marie wants to marry this man, her gift, on her birthday.