Kindred North

Our Wedding Day

Ceremony and Reception

Fall

Our Wedding

If you would have asked Ram and I if anything meaningful could have come out of a dating app in this day in age, we both would have laughed. In fact we still find it amazing that somehow we managed to find our very best friend in the most unlikely of ways. What started with a downtown casual meet up, left both of us with a feeling of knowing we had made a friend for life. All because a girl happy danced in the streets of NYC because of the best dang gluten free bagel she had ever eaten, a curly haired man of her dreams sends the kindest message that sparked the start of a beautiful friendship.

How It Started 

Exactly 1 year to the date, we made it an official tradition. For as long as we are able to make it to the square we meet the first time, we would come and remember the way a sweet friendship turned into our life time built in BFF.

How it's going 

The unplanned hike that tested all of Kayla's limits. What we thought was a half a mile hike turned into a 6 mile hike. With a single water bottle each, in the height of Arkansas June humidity, we adventured. It was both one of the best and worst experiences for Kayla. Beautiful views, new friends, a great adventure, and a bucket list checked off. It had all the great elements for the best types of stories. Then, the water bottles ran out, it started to get dark, it was so humid, a health issues sprang up unexpectedly and dang it was a long hike back. The panic attack hit and Kayla swore in that moment, that it was going to be the end of that relationship. Ram in his truly remarkable ways, meet me where I was. Showed so much love and kindness and was a solid pillar of overwhelming peace. We were in the car with friends on our way back to Northwest Arkansas, I looked over at him, he smiled the most sincere smile at me. I knew in that very moment that if that man could see me at my worst and absolutely not be phased, that I had found a rare treasure I didn't want to lose it.

The day Kayla knew 

One of the most beautiful things we get to do together is learn to merge our very different lived experiences. One of the best times is when I get those formal invites that require me to spend way too much time googling and practicing draping as if I had been doing it my whole life. Sharing our lives, our cultures, our dreams, our friends, our values, and most of all good south Indian food and dancing really makes life worth living. We both look forward to a lifetime of learning and experiencing not just the worlds we grew up in but all across the globe.

Ram & Kayla

Ram & Kayla

Travel

Northwest Arkansas National Airport