Jenn's version....

Story time. A long long time ago, a 21 year-old seasonal park ranger in Olympic National Park (me) met and fell madly in love with a sparky, blue eyed, blonde, adventurous and kind, spotted owl wildlife biologist. Our summer of love in the Olympic Mtns morphed into a 3+ year relationship.

Timing was not on our side. We broke up and did not speak for over 30 years. During the decades of silence, we got married to other beloveds, raised beautiful families, experienced joy and tragedy and everything in between.

Apart, we wrote our individual life stories until a recent chance encounter charted a new life path for us both.

Today we are older, wiser and committed to our love which transcends time ♥️

Scott's version....

AND NOW comes a story of sunrise, of blossoming. Of a woman I met on a coastal mountaintop more than three decades ago and fell into ferocious love with. Three years of adventures and smiles and then, poof, the pulls of youthful ambition and doubts cleaved us towards separate life paths.

For three decades, no contact, as we each blazed life arcs of career and family and happiness and tragedy. Until May 2024, when we locked eyes and marveled at how instantly those decades of apartness gave way to transcendent healing, the return of Hope, the re-emergence of Joy.

So, shouting from the mountaintop that Jennifer Knauer and I are now engaged to be married! ♥️