In May 2021, I was working part time at Courthouse Tavern in Oregon, IL. It was just about closing time when a new face opened the front door. He'll tell you I wasn't happy to see him, but the truth is I was dealing with a couple unruly patrons and ready for everyone to go home! I poured him a Jack & Coke and he took my phone number down on a Post-It. 10 days later he was attending one of my best friend's weddings in the Quad Cities where he met my college friends and parents for the first time. A week later, he was attending yet another wedding of one of my best friends in Galena. I 'threw him into the fire' and we came out stronger than ever. Since the day we met, everything has happened so fast. People always told me that I would know when 'the one' came along, they were right!