We're getting married!

On September 27th, 2019, having both downloaded the same dating app, Levi Bailey — 20-something with a handsome beard and warm brown eyes — liked a picture of me and invited me to start a conversation. I commented on a Queen (the band) meme of a puppy “biting the dust.” It was captioned, “If you get this, we should probably talk!” We talked music and life for the rest of my work shift and late into the night, connecting almost instantly over bands and jokes. I was two hours late to our first date on October 1st, but Levi waited patiently for me, and the smile on his face when he first saw me said this was going to be a safe, comfortable, easy meeting. It took an aditional two hours into breezy, blatanty honest conversation to ask how to pronounce each others' names, and we completely forgot about dinner! October 19th, standing together on the music hall lawn for Bastille, I said I love you, and he said it back! When Covid-19 hit, we took refuge in each other’s company, continuously getting to know each other in a way only a once-in-a-lifetime event allows. Throughout these strange times, we realized that we wanted to keep walking together, trying together, and extending love and grace to each other. On May 4th, Levi asked me to marry him, and I said yes! Together, we’re happier and life is easier, and even though everything is going differently than we planned or imagined, we’re so blessed to have each other! We'd like to thank you for thinking of us, and we hope we can all celebrate in person soon!