In September 2017, we boarded our flight from Newark to Tel Aviv, but had no idea the other was on the plane. We had joined a program to teach English in elementary schools in Netanya, Israel, both expecting life-changing experiences... and we got one. Between classes, we spent our time traveling, cooking, binge-watching & getting to know each other. As hard as it was to leave the beaches and hummus behind, it was clearly harder to leave each other. After the program concluded, Jordan returned to his hometown of Cleveland and Monica returned home to San Francisco. We continued our relationship at a distance, making our best effort to see each other monthly, for just over a year. Knowing how each goodbye was a bit harder than the last and how much we wanted to be in the same place, Jordan moved to be with Monica in San Francisco. A few years and one mini bernedoodle named Luna later, Jordan proposed to Monica while on vacation in Carmel Valley in June 2021.