Around Halloween of my senior year at UW-Milwaukee, I went to a Panther Catholic Halloween Party with my friend, Ten-Ten. I met Ray for the first time at that party. He came with Greg, a mutual friend.

For the next few weeks, whenever I would see Greg at our school choir concerts and Panther Catholic events, Ray would be by his side. And he always wanted to talk to me! How weird. 😉

Ray finally asked me out for coffee just before Thanksgiving break. We had a great first date, second date, and third date...and the rest is history!

One day my roommate Greg suggested that I go with him to a halloween party. I wasn’t planning to go to one that night so I quickly grabbed a brown button up shirt, hoping to pass as “Indiana Jones”. Little did I know that I would find the greatest treasure that day. We showed up and it was very fun socializing with others. A little time goes by and I hear the door open - Caila walks in with her friend and I immediately recognise her from my choir class. I knew that I had to talk to her before I left that party. I started talking to people around her, and eventually started talking to her close friend, who then introduced me to her.

Our first conversation together was about our costumes. She asked what I was supposed to be and I confidently told her I was Indiana Jones. The next several minutes involved discussing how much I did not look like Indiana Jones, and how much effort she put into her cat costume. After that night we started talking more and more through choir and eventually went on walks and coffee dates.