In July of 2020, during a crazy pandemic lockdown, love came into our lives. Not looking at all for a romantic partner, we both found one another by complete fate and happenstance.

I was looking for projects to do around my house, and some work needed more of a handyman's touch. During a social media post from a mutual friend, complementing and thanking Neil for handyman repair work, I saw this post and decided that I would contact my friend to get this particular handyman's number for repair work. Little did I know, that Neil was not a handyman by trade. This was NOT his day job. Ha!

I contacted Neil and asked him to come over to take a look at a few things that needed to be addressed and asked him what the estimate of the repair work would be. He explained that he just did repairs for people that he knew and that were friends. He said that he would never charge anyone and would be happy to help.

With each passing day, we connected on many levels. Discussing children, family, friends, music, life, etc... These times together began to become more special and over the next month or two, I decided to reach out and explain my feelings towards Neil. He said that he felt the same, and that he did not say anything because he did not want to ruin the friendship that we had created. We both agreed that we found someone special and life is just too short not to give it a try.

We began dating, and quickly, love was in the air. 7 months later, we were engaged!

The engagement has lasted 4 years now and it is finally time to get this adventure started! We did do a fun quick weekend Vegas trip in November of 2022 and said "I do" with an Elvis empersonator. However, we certainly wanted to have an actual ceremony to celebrate this time with our family and friends as well.

We cannot wait for the big day and to celebrate together with you all! Let the adventure begin!

-'til the end.

Neil and Christy

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