Our love story starts, unsurprisingly for the people that know us, at a bar. But if a tired Valery chooses to stay home on December 23rd, 2016 like she planned, things might have been different. Lucky for Michael her cousin (Shout out to Kat Garcia) was adamant she came out. Kat's determination and an assist from another friend (You the man Mike Debarberi) caused our lives to change for the better that night. Michael knew instantly he had met a special woman. Valery knew there was something about him that intrigued her. We talked all night, sharing stories of teaching and growing up in Clifton, including going to the same high school at the same time and never meeting. Over the next few weeks, Michael's charming words and sexy looks hooked Valery (feel free to roll your eyes) and the rest as they say is history. Through ups and downs we have been each others rocks for the past 5 years and cannot wait to share our celebration of love with our family and friends on July 9th.