Tristan and I met through the dating app, bumble. The art of app dating is frustrating and neither of us ever thought we would end up finding each other on that platform. He asked me out on a date and drove from Bartlesville to Tulsa before even meeting me. Like a gentleman, he picked me up and opened my door for me. He took me to Desi Wok, a local Indian restaurant. We talked and talked and talked. We both agree that it felt like we already had known each other for a long time. Everything felt so natural, despite the inevitable awkwardness of a first date. After a walk through the park and a cheesy movie, he dropped me off at my house and the rest is history. Tristan is a special person, and I'm so thankful for taking a risk and going on a date with a complete stranger.

Baby I'm Yours - Cass Elliot

What is the greatest gift? Could it be the world itself - the oceans, the meadowlark, the patience of the trees in the wind? Could it be love, with its sweet clamor of passion? Something else - something else entirely holds me in thrall. That you have a life that I wonder about more than I wonder about my own. That you have a life - courteous, intelligent - that I wonder about more than I wonder about my own. That you have a soul - your own, no one else's - that I wonder about more than I wonder about my own. So that I find my soul clapping its hands for yours more than my own.