We're getting married

Our story began nearly 9 years ago. We were just two individuals living separate lives not in search of a relationship, nor a friendship. However, fate would intervene. The timing was so perfect we could only believe that God orchestrated the right moment for us to cross paths with one another. By not looking, somehow we found everything we needed and wanted in each other. At the time, Russell was working at Tripp's Restaurant, a place my family frequented for many many years. Over the course of all those years we never met. Then out of nowhere, one afternoon in January, I stopped to pick up my chicken caesar salad and there he was. As I waited at the bar, this guy comes from the kitchen to the same area and begins joking around with the bartender. Next thing I know he starts a conversation with me. Here I am, in my greasy Biscuitville work shirt just wanting to go home, enjoy my food, and prepare for work the next day. However, there was something different about this man. He was charismatic. He was confident is his approach, but most of all he was understanding of where I was at the time. All of these things intrigued me. On that same day, before I could leave he asked me for my number. Feeling like this could be different I gave it to him. He wrote his down on a piece of paper and gave it to me. Like a man of his word, he reached out to me later that evening. As Russell likes to say, "she made me wait two days before she responded, or I even heard from her again." When I finally did contact him, that was all she wrote. Here we are, nearly 9 years later. Still the best of friends, serving as each other's support system, looking forward to being partners in this life. The 'love' that has developed between us over the years is unmatched. The 'like' for one another that is forever present within our relationship has always been a constant factor.