Many people say that God works in mysterious ways, and Kemba and Rayon’s love story has been the mysteries of God unfolded. Through mutual friends Kemba and Rayon met one Sunday after church. When they met they were both coming out of relationships and were not even considering anything romantic with each other or anyone else for that matter. So in the company of mutual friends they fostered a great friendship over spontaneous late night frozen yogurt runs to game nights. After several months of platonic quality time, Rayon took a chance to ask Kemba out on an official date, a little hesitant Kemba agreed. Both shocked about how they even ended up on a date together, both knowing they did not want to take a crack at dating, they laughed, talked and enjoyed each other’s company for 6 hours. The longest yet best date for both. Now here we are 4 years later…

It was Saturday, January 9th, we were on our way to my favorite restaurant in Westchester with my parents, to what I thought was just a regular dinner with both our parents. As I walked into the restaurant I was ushered to an area of the restaurant where I was greeted by all my family and close friends, all with a single white rose in hand. As I turned around the love of my life got down on one knee and began to tell me how much I meant to him (I can only assume, I was focusing so hard on keeping my knees from buckling due to utter shock). As he opened up the box, I was floored. I shouted yes and the entire restaurant applauded and celebrated with us. It was an amazing night, one I won’t ever forget.