Some of my friends and I decided to go to Ripon one night, back in May 2006. There she was, the most beautiful woman in the world.....I remember her dancing with her friends, smiling, laughing, and so full of life. We dated for a little over a year, and it was magical; it was bliss. I knew that I loved that girl. We end up going our separate ways in life, but we managed to stay in touch, yet very briefly, like old friends. Payal was a drug I couldn't shake, so I reached out to her in 2014. We talked for hours on the phone night after night. I finally booked a ticket to go see her in Washington DC, the following October, and there she was.....the drug I can't put down. On February 11th, of 2022, with the permission of her parents, I asked her if she would marry me, and here we are at this stage in life, I look forward to marrying my best friend and my one true love. "I promise to protect the blood, that carries your love" Nate