Our story begins on the evening of July 12, 2019 outside of a tiki bar in Houston, TX. Jon and Anna had been attending a birthday party of a mutual friend. When Anna had forgotten her purse, Jon waited for her while her friend brought it to her. Jon wasn’t in a hurry and was happy to wait and make conversation. He had no idea that this small gesture would mean so much to Anna.

After a few weeks of clumsy courtship, Jon finally convinced Anna to go on a date with him on August 4, 2019. It wasn’t anything fancy, but it was enough to convince Anna to give him a shot. Over the next few weeks, things accelerated quickly in what Jon likes to call “relationship chicken.” It started with Anna inviting Jon to a wedding in Texas, so naturally Jon one-upped her by inviting her to a wedding back in his hometown in Delaware. Before the end of August, they already had a GoogleDoc full of fun date and trip ideas. At the end of August, Jon left to go on a Rim-to-Rim hike across the Grand Canyon with his family. On September 8th he returned and Anna offered to pick him up from the airport. Knowing Jon would be tired from his trip and a day of travel, she brought with her all the ingredients to make homemade pizza when they got back to Jon’s house. As they were in the kitchen together preparing dinner, Jon contemplated all that had transpired over the past 6 weeks and the kindness and thought Anna had put into making this dinner. He turned to her and asked “So, are we dating?” To which Anna replied “Sure feels like it.” And their story officially began.