Melissa and Jeff met in the most traditional of ways: online dating. They connected on one app, but Melissa never replied... Turns out she was busy trying to find a partner on another app, which he had never used. But all was not lost, and Fate was not yet done with these two. In frustration, Jeff expanded his search to more apps, and the pair ended up connecting again. This time, Melissa replied. Like it was meant to be. Long, exploratory text conversations led to long, deep, and meaningful phone conversations, which led to meeting in person. The two connected immediately on interests and values. The days into months that followed held a lot of joy, but also trials going beyond the relationship. There was hiking and music and food and lots of holding each other. There were agreements, and disagreements... but the two always stayed connected on the deepest levels. Melissa and Jeff would both stick by each other through thick and thin. These were two people who could do life together. And they fell in love. They fell in love in a way they didn't know they would, or could. Before meeting each other, neither knew if they would ever marry again. It didn't go so well the first time for either of them. But each brought to the other something wonderful - something fulfilling. Melissa proposed, and Jeff accepted joyfully. Maybe Melissa and Jeff should have met 20 years earlier. Maybe they met at exactly the right time. Either way, they're both looking forward to doing life together and loving each other deeply for the rest of their days.