Our love story started when I saw this cute guy ringing people up at Costco one afternoon, he actually gave me a dirty look if you can believe that. But, if you ask him, he was just focused on working or whatever …haha. But then, 2 days later, we ran into each other downtown and the rest was history. It was right before everything shut down because of covid, so we had a lot of time to talk to get to know one another, we wouldn’t even have our first “official” date until the covid ban lifted. We both were looking for love but just hadn’t gotten it quite right before. So when Richie told me he loved me one night, I was completely caught off guard but also completely head over heels in love with him and I could not see a future without him. He also loved my dog, Milo, which was very endearing to see. I asked Richie when did he know he wanted to marry me, he said when I answered the door and I was wearing a storm trooper jersey; all of his Star Wars nerd dreams came true that day . We welcomed our daughter in March 2023 and Richie says this last year has more than proven that he’s made the right choice because watching me be such a great mother to Lily has been such a blessing for him to see. With all that, being said, I’ll end it with this.. Love really does come around when you least expect it and we are so grateful to have found one another in this life time. So, here’s to love and being loved because that’s what life is all about anyways.