Both of them list the same moment of knowing they were forever going to be together. In the spring of 2013, they had been together for nearly a year and decided to get their dog, Ellie, together. “I can pinpoint a moment a moment when we were out hiking around Scales Bend on the reservoir and wandered off […]

In a college town, the turnover rate for servers in restaurants is high. So when he started working at the Olive Garden, she–a veteran server–didn’t pay any attention. After he had worked there long enough (several months) to warrant a move out of the “newbie” title, she began to notice him more and more. It […]

They’ve been together for years. But not just in normal years. They met back in their school days. They’ve been married almost 4 years and have made it through 3 deployments. Theirs is a relationship bonded and secured through closeness and distance, through happiness and pain. It was such an honor to celebrate their “big wedding” […]

Gretchen & I follow each other on Instagram, a.k.a. the better-than-Facebook. So I knew, leading up to the wedding, the time and energy that her, Mike, and their families and friends put into making it all perfect. I mean, months and months ago, she was making adorable hair pins for her bridesmaids! During the reception, […]

We ended up being able to meet a bit earlier than we had planned and it turned out to be perfectly timed as, just as we were finishing up, it started raining. It was one of those chilly, cloudy days where you’d throw off your coat for 5 minutes and then take a 2 minute […]

It was at a surprise 14th birthday party for her her best friend. She said that she “saw him (showing off) … and didn’t want anything to do with him.” He spotted her and says that was when his pursuit started. It took a while. Over a year in fact. Their first date was on […]