Our love story began in late September of 2022, but really started many years before that.
Ana and I both met each other where we mutually worked, and after a few run-ins and hellos in the hallways, we were properly introduced to each other by a mutual friend. Since then, we would run into each other and have some small talk, but we were always respectful of one another at that time, and kept things platonic.
Then the pandemic came, and life took us in different directions. Nevertheless, we would always run into each other at certain events from mutual coworkers, acquaintances, and friends.
Until one run-in, we were both at a place personally where God said to each of us, "You're ready," and we once again ran into one another unexpectedly at a Happy Hour gathering from our old work place. We got caught up with life, and I invited her to join us for a night out with some friends. She reluctantly accepted, and the next evening we went out in a group to have dinner and then listen and dance to some live music nearby. It was then, that our run-in would not be passing, as a kiss would mark the start of our beautiful relationship.
Since that memorable kiss, we've had adventures of our own in different locations in Florida and abroad, and our love has grown stronger and stronger as the years have gone by, to where I decided to seal our love with a promise to make this beautiful woman my wife, and I, her husband, for the rest of our lives.