On a warm night in August of 2019 we got together at a Panera Bread in Glen Burnie Maryland; a few cups of coffee, her studies done and then we made our way to Downtown Annapolis where the hours wasted away as we talked and talked until the early morning hours… a first kiss, a first hand held, and a spark that rendered us inseparable. The following days we spent what felt like every free minute together, sitting under the key bridge watching the cruise ships go by at Fort Armisted Park in Baltimore, walking along the water at Downs Park in Pasadena. I will forever say that I fell in love with her that first night at the docks in Downtown Annapolis. We became bestfriends, met eachothers parents and after no time we were a regular staple in eachothers lives. On September 22nd 2019 I officially asked her to be my girlfriend and so our relationship began. Four years, several vacations, a million laughs, memories and smiles went by and then I asked her Dad for her hand in marriage the day after our four year anniversary; a moment that I will remember so vividly for my entire life. On a warm sunny day in September 2023, with her Dad’s approval and a beautiful diamond ring in my jacket pocket, I asked a random couple for a festive photo of her and I in the Apple Orchard of Larriland Farms where we go every year; as I handed the strange woman our phone for a photo op I dropped to my knee and asked the love of my life to marry me. An amazing moment where it felt like her and I were the only people on the planet. All I heard was a yes and the other couple cheering and congratulating us in the background while also taking the most incredible cell phone pictures of all time. I made my beautiful Cara my Fiancée, we are truly bestfriends and soulmates, she is the sweet to my salty and the sunshine on my rainy day. We are so excited to be husband and wife, and so excited to spend our day with all the people we love most.
-Gary