We met on Tinder of all places!
I was on my way out of Portland — one foot in the PNW, the other in the weird of Texas. A very inconvenient time to find the love of my life.
Everything happened exactly as it should have.
Today we live in my hometown of Indianapolis. We have everything we need! We have sheets and dishes and corkscrews and towels.
We have a (secondhand) Peloton.
We have art painted just for us by our friend. We’re very proud of that.
We have napkins and vases and candleholders and cutting boards.
We have two cats, wonderful friends, one set of parents nearby, and the rest of our families and friends just a phone call and a flight away.
You get it!
We have everything that we need.
There’s a part of us that would love to fill our kitchen cabinets with shiny new tools and replace our thinning bath towels with fluffy ones and add to our growing flower vase collection, but when we talk about the things we actually desire, they always come down to:
- Feeling financially prepared to grow our family.
- The opportunity for Charlie to go back to school to pursue a career that truly excites him.
- Freedom from medical debt.
- The possibility of homeownership.
What we actually need is support in building the life we daydream about together every day.
Thank you. We love you. We can’t wait to be married.
Tessa + Charlie
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