Our story, like so many before us, holds humble beginnings in the heart of a gym. For those of us whose minds can barely recall the glorious pre-Covid times, a gym is a place where people gather en mass, unmasked, to engage in activity that actually increases communal respiration. Look them up, they are real places. It was a plain day like any other, I was mindlessly listening to my music and lifting weights when she walked in. I had seen her around the office before, but never in the gym during my workout time. My heart fluttered, but I dismissed this beautiful distraction, opting to focus on my workout instead. A few moments passed, so I peeked to see if she was still there and our eyes locked. It was as if the world stood still for a moment, the music in my headphones fell silent, the weight in my arms felt light as air, there was just a moment of pure bliss, the likes of which I had not experienced before. The fleeting moment came and went, and I retracted my gaze, thinking that I did not wish to make her uncomfortable. Minutes later I hear a voice through the fog of music, and I look up to see her, standing right in front of me. I removed my headphones and she asked if I was using the machine next to me. There it was, our first contact, completely innocuous and simple, yet the door of communication had been opened. From that point on, we developed a friendship based on Disney and Harry Potter trivia, a telltale sign that I had met a true woman of culture. I realized that I was spending more time talking to this girl than lifting, a fact that greatly upset my gains manager, who also happens to be my sister. Even after we finished working out, we found ourselves talking for hours outside, simply unwilling to let our conversations end at a reasonable time. It was only a matter of time before we were playing games at Bar Louie and baking banana bread together. I knew it was meant to be when we were both so embarrassed about how bad our first kiss was that we simultaneously texted each other to apologize. We are both excited to start the next chapter of our lives, and to nourish our family with the same goofy love that brought us both together.