Our love story began our freshman year of college. We were in chemistry class together. I had asked him for some help with homework because I was falling a little behind. Cody, being the flirtatious and intelligent man he is, asked me for my number to send me homework problems. After talking for a while, we discovered class wasn't the only chemistry we shared...
After four years of college, we celebrated with a two week trip to Italy and Greece. On the last day of our trip, we took a seven hour boating and snorkeling trip across the Aegean Sea. We stopped and stayed on the island of Paros, Greece. We ate dinner and had wine at a small seafood restaurant overlooking the white sand beach. On our stroll back to our hotel, Cody suggested we walk along the beach rather than the sidewalk. While stepping across the sand and gazing over the blue water, Cody suddenly stopped and turned to me. Dropping to one knee he said "I spoke with your father before we left and he gave me his blessing. I want you to know how much I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?". With tears streaming down my face, I said "Of course I will!"