Our First Date Took an Unexpected Turn — and It Changed My Life

We’ve been through plenty of challenges together, but we always come back to that lesson: true value isn’t found in the price of a meal, a house, or even a gift. It’s found in the way two people face life side by side, choosing honesty, patience, and love above everything else. And to this day, whenever we go out to eat, she still teases me by asking the waiter the same question—with a playful wink that reminds me how it all began.