We met through a mutual friend turned unintentional matchmaker, Jordan at a pub in Charleston and didn't think too much of it. The next night, we met again when a group of friends decided to go bowling. We talked all night and knew from there we had a connection. Fast forward three months and our beautiful friendship transformed into the beginning of our love story.

During one of our first days in Venice, I decided to take the lead of directions in search of the Libreria Acqua Alta. What should have been a twenty minute walk turned into a three hour exploration. When we finally arrived to the library and made our way to the front of the line to take a photo on the stairs made out of old books, Courtney passed me a little black book. The little black book turned out to be the published version of our love story. Courtney asked me to turn to the page marked with a heart. The page read: "Let's write forever together". When I looked over, she was on one knee asking me to be her wife. We're so excited to celebrate this next chapter in our lives with you. See you in Florida!