Even though we went to the same high school and had a lot of mutual friends, we didn’t meet until years afterwards. We met while playing on a kickball league with friends. Mitch always sat right next to Rachael at team outings, but didn’t talk to her for 2 months because he was “playing it cool.” He finally got up the courage to ask her out to lunch at the end of the season.

While on a trip to Maine, we were collecting seashells on the beach at sunset. Rachael had the hiccups and Mitch had to stall until they went away, so we collected lots of seashells. Mitch snuck the ring into a shell and handed it to Rachael saying “I think there’s a pearl in this one!”