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Cristina tells me that the first thing that she was attracted to were my eyes. Additionally, with some social media homework, she found a picture of me where she said my hair was perfect and that was it.

The first thing that attracted me to her was her smile. She has one of those smiles that can light up the darkest of rooms. It’s beautiful, endearing, and contagious.

Shortly after we had started talking, I got sick and was actually hospitalized. Things were looking pretty grim there for a while and my parents even flew in to see me. When she was able to, she came to see me in the hospital. At one point we were laying in the hospital bed and I just knew that this was the woman who I was going to spend the rest of my life with. It was one of those slow motion life altering moments where everything changes.”

“For her it was after I was released from the hospital. Keep in mind this was right before Thanksgiving and my parents were still in town so I thought it would be nice to spend a few days around the area since I was still pretty tired. I couldn’t think of a better Thanksgiving then to be with my parents and this woman who I knew was the one so I asked Cristina and my parents to spend Thanksgiving together. She told me it was at that moment that she knew I was absolutely serious and that she already had love for me in her heart, but that wanting her to spend the holiday with my parents really cemented everything into place.

Cristina is a lover of all things exciting. She loves roller coasters, helicopters, and all of that exciting stuff. I however, like to keep my feet planted on the ground more. I had run through a few ideas of where to ask her (at a Red Sox game, underneath the trellis at the Christopher Columbus Park, etc.) but then I came across a helicopter ride proposal. I knew that it was exactly what she deserved and it would show her how much she meant to me. It turns out that she said Yes and I found out that I love helicopter rides.”