On Facebook. Mark saw me in a picture with a mutual friend in St. Louis. I accepted his friend request, just thinking I was adding another connection. I noticed Mark's Facebook posts on my wall, he was shooting his shot all across my newsfeed in plain sight! I am a crocheter, and he reeled me in further with the purchase of a custom crochet blanket. Four months later he drove to Birmingham where we FINALLY met in person. A year after that we sealed the deal with marriage.

Our surprise wedding during a travel advisor conference in Cancun has to be the most memorable experience to- date. 120 of our closest professional colleagues as our guests, that we never knew, were the exclamation point on the memory.

The first fruits we'd use for giving back. We would bring gardening into schools, as there is nothing more satisfying than bringing food forest capability into the hands of growing minds. We'll futher secure our four year old daughter's higher education aspirations through a 529 savings plan. A family vacation to the South of France, Marseille perhaps, would be the icing on the cake to celebrate our love story in culture and cuisine.