Our love story started as many others have in this digital age, on a dating app. By simply gazing at each other's profiles we could see our mutual love of travel, the outdoors, and animals. That was all that was needed to spark up a conversation.

Our first date was at a local brewery during an ice storm in Rockford, IL. We must have been crazy to venture out because we were two of just a small handful of people in a very large establishment. I didn't mind the added privacy of our first meeting at all, as I was captivated by the wonderful stories Armin shared. I found his excitement so contagious and uplifting. It took very little time for me to notice one of my favorite things about him, he has an incredibly loud, insatiable laughter that fills a room. One that can make everyone else smile along, even when they don't know why. We shared pictures and stories of our travels, had deep conversations about society, and shared our first kiss suddenly as I was in the middle of an in-depth explanation of my first time eating anchovies in Rome. To which I replied, "Really? Anchovies are what does the trick for you?"

That night was like many to come, full of laughter and joy. We quickly became inseparable. It didn't take too long for us to move from sharing stories of our travels to experiencing them together. And this is only the beginning of our greatest adventure.