Circa November of 2021, a young, Spanish woman found herself working in the charming city of Berkeley, Missouri for a company by the name of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Little did she know, the handsome man, whom decided not to introduce himself out of fear he would come on too strong, would one day present a diamond ring to her in front of both families thus trapping her into acquiescence of the betrothment request.

Angela began to find herself looking forward to work more and more as that time provided the possibility of catching Patrick’s eye or the way the fluorescent lighting danced off his olive skin, while hoping her own complexion didn’t blind too many people that day. Every time she overheard his conversations she was amazed at how perfectly he balanced class and humility, humor and solemnity, extroversion and introspection, to say nothing of the smile that made her heart capable of gymnastics.

At this point, if you’re even remotely familiar with the couple, you may be scratching your head thinking “this doesn’t seem right…”. You’d be spot on. However, you, as the reader, may have found the same old story of guy-meets-girl-and-falls-in-love to be a bit overplayed, so we flipped it to steal your attention

Now that we’ve successfully kept you this far, the tale can proceed back into reality. Indeed, Patrick found all of these characteristics of Angela to be clearer than day. Once he finally summoned the courage to inquire as to the fine lady’s thoughts on sharing some refreshments that weekend, he was provided with the response he could only dream of.

“Why not?”

That first date, Angela was set on “friendzoning” Patrick because she didn’t want to make it weird at work, but something clicked between them that night and the rest is history…

And so began the transition from colleagues to soulmates that the couple, to this day, humorously inquires if the other “can believe that just x months ago we were just coworkers?” to make sure they haven’t forgotten from the previous time it was asked (likely the day prior).

Now here we are, anxiously, and a bit impatiently, awaiting that fabled October 4th, 2024 date. To whomever has made it this far, we want you to know that you are an important part of our lives and that we can’t express how excited we are for you to be with us during this Sacrament of Matrimony.

Holy Family, pray for us.

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