Esther and Michael met like most couples do these days - on an online dating app. Conversation was easy and light and after messages and texts the two decided to meet. Being four hours apart, the two decided to meet for dinner and mini golf in Beckley, WV - a perfect halfway point. Unable to stop talking, the two turned texts to a phone call and talked all the way to the date about their childhood, their kids, and their hopes and dreams. By the time they met at the restaurant it was like two old friends finally starting a relationship that was always meant to be.

Within months of dating the two admitted to each other that both had considered marriage already. Michael sent some ring options over and after about a dozen heard a gasp on the phone from Esther. He knew that the girl was the one AND that ring was the one. While he planned out an elaborate scheme to propose, one look at the final ring on her finger and he couldn't stand to see her out in the world without it. As he was helping her into a car during surgery recovery, he got down on one knee and asked her her hand. She said yes through tears of joy.