We met at a party in 2019 at the magical home of our dear friends Dain and Pando in the land of Cerro Pedernal, New Mexico. It was an instant and powerful connection. Over the next three years, we had ten beautiful and unforgettable extended dates visiting each other in Oakland and Baltimore. We discovered a deep shared connection to ritual and ceremony, to music, art, and basically everything else and fell madly in love. Our expansive love has become a strengthening force in our lives that bolsters and inspires us to walk our life’s path, together. Our common values and ethics ground us in our shared purpose.

In 2022, we built a bed in the back of April’s minivan and spent the summer traveling across the US to move her out to California, visiting friends and sleeping in beautiful and remote locales. We have seen each other through thick and thin, guided each other through some of the hardest times, and shared some of the greatest experiences of our lives with each other.

Last summer, on the same sacred land where we met, on a beautiful infinity bench that we helped create in 2020 to memorialize Joshua’s beloved friend Joey Casio, we got engaged and made a commitment to a ceremony to interlink our fates for life. We are so honored that you can be a part of our story by sharing this ritual with us.