"Come ti vidi m’innamorai, e tu sorridi perché posai."
"When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew."
It all started on a weekday afternoon. Christie was babysitting the cutest little girl, and had to pick her up from a gymnastics class at Island Gym. John, being that it was his parents’ gym, was working that afternoon coaching the little youngsters. In that moment, when Christie walked into the door, they locked eyes for the first time and John flashed her with his dashing smile. She dazzled him with her brown eyes, and the looks that were exchanged are still engrained into each other’s minds. He was wearing a teal t-shirt, while she was wearing an orange jumper. Christie and John were too love-struck to say hello and unfortunately did not run into each other again.
Fast forward to May 17, 2007… Christie and John met again while attending a mutual friend’s birthday party at A1A Ale Works in St. Augustine, Florida. Yet again, their eyes locked from across the room and they immediately gravitated towards one another on the dance floor. The party came to an end, and they never had a chance to exchange information. Destined by fate, Christie and John ended up at the same after party (thanks, Mike!). When it was time to call it a night, John, the gentleman that he is, offered to walk Christie to her car. Under the late night stars in a beach parking lot, he convinced her to take his hand for one last twirl. Little did they know that the last dance of the night would ultimately begin the best, and everlasting, dance of their lives. |