We met three days before I was supposed to move out of Los Angeles to live with my parents, and about three months before I was supposed to move across the country to start law school in New York.
He was in his third year of Orthopedic Surgery residency in Orange County, had three years of training left, and I would need the same to finish my schooling as well.
But we did keep seeing (and FaceTiming) each other, and eventually one cross-country trip led to another, and then weekend visits turned into staying with each other for a month or two at a time over winter or summer breaks.
We really wanted our wedding to feel intimate and personal, as though we were inviting everyone to our backyard for a garden party, so it was important for us to have a lot of personal and rustic touches. ”