It was Tulip Time, 2014. An unpaid ticket led to a rendezvous with a mutual friend downtown, and a chance meeting. That did absolutely nothing. Years would pass, and ideas, addresses, and hair colors would change (drastically) until, through prodding from mutual friends, we connected and decided to start talking, eventually leading to a series of dates over the course of two weeks. At the end of all of this? A relationship. Which lead to gazing at shooting stars and saying “I love you”. And from there, inseparability, meeting families, and eventually moving in together.