It was Lovely at first sight. No really! The first time we met was at a sweet coffee shop called, "Lovely." :)) A mutual friend from Bodhi Spiritual Center, where both of us attended Sunday service, told Renee about Samir and said "I'm getting a nudge from the Universe to introduce the two of you." She made a text introduction and after a few playful exchanges we decided to meet for coffee on April 8th, 2018 right after Bodhi. We closed Lovely the coffee shop that afternoon and soon thereafter went on many "not dates" as Samir likes to call them. The Lyric Opera, dinner at Table Donkey Stick, West Side Story, a friends wedding, a jazz club, walks in parks and more, apparently none of which were dates to Samir and all of which were dates to Renee (grin). The day we decided to make it official was an afternoon laying on the grass together eating one of Renee's strawberry tarts. She likes to think it was the tart that pushed him over the edge and has since continued to lovingly feed him sweets to this day. After a few months of official dating, we thoughtfully folded Samay into our weekends together and slowly, but surely created a rock solid family together. And here we are, ready to share this immense love with all of you, our most favorite people in the world!