Anonymous

Kevin and I met about three years ago at 2nd and Lombard, in wonderful TD Bank. I had just started working there as a teller after recently moving from Reading, Pennsylvania. Kevin, a Philadelphia police officer, worked there occasionally for bank security. At first, we did not think highly of each other, which was quite obvious. Until one day, I saw him reading a book and said, "I didn't know you could read." We started dating a short time later, and after about a year, moved into our first house. On Christmas night, 2010, I came home from a long day of traveling to Reading visiting my mother, sisters, father, and extended family. I asked Kevin to help me bring the gifts in from my car. When I got inside, I put them down exhausted from the day. I walked into the living room where he was holding a small pink stocking filled with two Christmas ornaments from his mother. He pulled them out, one was blue with his name on it and the other was pink with mine. He asked me to hang them on the tree. As I turned around to hang them and turned back to ask where on the tree they would look best, Kevin was on his knee with a box in his hand. He asked me to marry him in front of our first Christmas tree that we decorated together, in our home where we share so many memories. I was so shocked that I threw the nice new ornaments on the couch where our dog Arby, was eagerly waiting. After saying "Are you serious?" about 10 times, I finally put the ring on, said yes, and started to cry. We will always remember the night we got engaged. I pulled Kevin's ornament out of Arby’s mouth, and hung it on the tree next to mine, teeth marks and all.