I feel extremely lucky to be posting this today with confidence because I never thought I would be sharing this publicly. A year ago today I had the most amazing date of my life. I spent the entire day with with a gorgeous woman named Sam.
Last summer I went on a journey with Blue Devils International all over Europe. It was quite amazing but what made it even better was my rekindled friendship with Sam that summer. That rekindled friendship eventually led us into something that happened so organically. That summer was filled with all kinds of unforgettable memories not only with my friends but with Sam. The best day of all though was our last day in Europe.
July 26, 2015 was a warm but beautiful day in Basel, Switzerland and the next day Blue Devils International would be flying back home. A week before that day Sam and I finally confessed our feelings for each other, I had the time of my life that week (and that entire summer for the record). So on our last day Sam and I decided to have a top secret date in Basel while most of the corps was off visiting another small city. We ate at a fancy Asian restaurant, drank beer, went to a super cool museum, and ate gelato by the Rhine River, it was perfect, too perfect. But the best part of all was when we sat in the middle of the Mittlere Brucke bridge that went over the Rhine River. I took Sam there for a specific reason.
Over the past week I kept passing that bridge and noticed that there was a gate with locks on them. They were love locks. Hundreds of them, couples would write their name on them with the date they “locked” them on the gate. And although it had only been a week since Sam and I confessed our feelings for each other I already felt extremely connected to her. So without her knowing I bought a lock and sharpie marker and planned to show it to her on our special date.
When I strategically sat her right next to the love lock gate on that day I played it cool for a little and then I looked into Sam’s eyes.
I told her how amazing of a person she is that any guy would be lucky to have her. Since I lived in LA and was planning to move to Dayton for WGI while she lived in the Bay Area I didn’t think we’d have a future. I told her that whatever happens when we fly back home that I would never forget what we had in Europe, it was real for me.
That’s when I took out the lock, key and sharpie. The reaction on her face was priceless. I told her, I want to lock the memory forever in Europe, even if nothing happens when we fly back home, I’ll never forget this.
She couldn’t believe it, and could not stop smiling. It felt so right.
So we wrote our names on the lock with the date and locked it on the gate. We then took the keys, told each other how we felt, cried a bit and threw them into the Rhine River.
Honestly, I knew I was in love with her from that moment on. It was too perfect like something written out of a Nicholas Sparks story. I will never forget that day for as long as I live and I don’t think she will either.
A year later I can happily say that we are still incredibly in love with each other, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. It’s our goal to eventually visit all of Europe and that gate in Basel again to see if our lock is still there (And if it isn’t, we can always put another one).
Life is so so good, don’t know what I did to be blessed with my relationship, I’m am incredibly thankful. I love you @samalaliezl
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