One thing that will always stick with me (Matthew) for the rest of my years is when, on a summer evening in my mother's backyard while grilling dinner, I noticed my mother observing mine and Natalie’s interaction with one another. She made the comment of how much it reminded her of how my grandfather (my mother's father) used to treat and interact with my grandmother (my mother's mother). This really impacted me and made me realize that meeting Natalie was the best thing to ever happen to me. I had always heard stories of my grandparents' love for one another and how my Papa cherished my grandmother. To have a love compared to theirs is truly amazing.

Natalie and Matthew met at Dominican University in River Forest, Il in August of 2017, and we have been in love and inseparable ever since. We had four happy years living in the downtown area of Oak Park, IL, creating cherished memories and raising our fur babies before moving to Franklin Park, IL. Matthew proposed to Natalie on a frigid fall day in October of 2022 up in the deep North Woods of Wisconsin, and it was a beautiful moment neither of us will ever forget. Natalie and Matthew can’t wait for our big day on October 18th, 2024, and we are even more excited to be celebrating our love for one another with our closest friends and family.