We're so excited to have you join us for this special day!

Back in the summer of 2018, I got a friend request from this guy Ryan Evans. I'm pretty sure I looked at it and said "I don't know who the heck this guy is (edited)" and just let it sit there. After some time, getting myself squared away and working on buying a house and getting ready to donate a kidney...I went back to it. I accepted and sent a message..."have we met? We have a lot of friends in common." From there, we messaged back and forth. Then texted. Then he CALLED me on his way to work. That's right, used the phone to speak to me in person. Then he called me on his way home. And we talked. And talked...and then he wanted to come up to my new house. He drove all the way up there (about an hour and a half, if you don't know the trip) and met me, Buster, and my buddy Andy who was staying with me at the time. A few days later, we had our first official date. He took me out for prime rib and then down to Deal Island so we could sit on the beach, talk, and look at the stars (#hooked). About a week later, I received a phone call that would change all of our lives. I was preparing to donate a kidney to my Dad, and the doctor told me that kidney had a mass, possibly renal cell carcinoma. It was the middle of the week. Ryan knew there was something wrong in my voice (he always knows) and I told him. I told him I had been the partner before of someone that had cancer and it was not easy. I gave him the go to walk away, no hard feelings, we could be friends. He told me "You're not getting rid of me that easy." He was by my side through it all, spending the night in the hospital next to me in the oh-so-comfy recliner, spending the first night out of the hospital at the hotel, making sure I was comfortable and taking care of me. Literally, we had been dating for a month and a half at this point. From there...days and nights spent fishing, crabbing, playing with the dogs, going for boat rides, lounging around watching movies...it is a dream come true.