Having only grown up three hours away their entire lives no one would’ve guessed that these two would find love with one another in the Mile High City. The first date was perfect. Tears were shed, not in sadness but in laughter. The second date was full of surprises of which we have nothing witty to say, and the third was history. He proposed at the top of a Moorish castle in Alicante, Spain. The climb was steep, but you couldn’t have asked for a better view of the Mediterranean Sea. Naturally, rather than crying during the proposal, the waterworks came when TaKeisha and Brandon were on the flight back watching The Greatest Showman. A reminder that raw emotions are incredibly unpredictable. Just know that love can happen anywhere. For Brandon and TaKeisha it began in a grimy Chicago Sports bar with terrible buffalo chicken pizza and it flourished into streets of Rome and Paris. We can’t wait for 8.17.19 and the future of a strong, beautiful, and motivational partnership.