It all started way back in 2001. Five months before (college) graduation, we met in a student teaching class, but nothing much happened because Jason doodled during the entire class while Dani took nervous notes. Two months later, we bumped into each other again at a party and really hit it off (actually Danielle talked non-stop for a few hours and Jason was a real gentleman about it). Then, we went to have coffee, which turned into dinner, which turned into a movie, which later became a party - all on one date! This was obviously the beginning of a beautiful relationship…

Jason moved to Boston for two years and we took turns criss-crossing the two states every month to spend weekends together. This arrangement worked out surprisingly well (at least for Dani, who got to spend lots of time in the glamorous and prestigious Boston). But it became apparent that Jason just missed Danielle too much and took a middle school teaching job in Norwich, Connecticut, and the following year, Dani moved in with Jason and got herself a job teaching in Groton. A year and a half later, he proposed!