What started as a friendship and working relationship for our first year knowing each other began to blossom into the perfect relationship. It all started with a phone call in March of 2022. I hadn’t seen or spoken to Joe since October of 2021 and he called to see how I was doing and when he would be able to return to the farm to continue working. I was happy to hear from him again and a few days went by until he called again. This call was to wish me a happy birthday. For whatever reason, we kept on talking and exchanging stories and it was nice to speak on a different level. Joe was so polite and interesting to talk to. I realized we talked for about an hour. I told him it he was welcome to call back and I enjoyed the conversation. By this point I was looking forward to his phone calls. We would converse for hours. I asked him after a couple weeks when he could come visit and he replied, “you mean work on the farm?” He scheduled a visit for the next weekend and though he did fix a few things at the house and on my truck, he took me to dinner and I knew I wanted to continue dating him.