Erin

As in, just being is enough.

Now, I have to say, this was always a bit rich coming from my mom, who's a very energetic, accomplished, go, go, go kind of person.

When she was about 40, my mom went through a very intense personal psychological journey of breakthrough and recovery.

And she ended up switching careers.

She got her PhD.

She became a psychologist.

But it was around this time, those early days, when she started saying to my brother and I, you're a human being, not a human doing.

And as the years went by, that expression really stuck around.

Anyway, I feel like this is a great full circle opportunity for me because my mom is in her 70s now and she's recently had a serious heart surgery and she's been a bit frustrated by the pace of her recovery because she's still a very energetic, accomplished, go, go, go kind of person.

So I just want to take this opportunity to remind her that mom, mom, you're a human being.

Get in there, get it done.

It was a late night bumble swipe.

We ended up having our first date the night after we matched.

We essentially decided at this date that we thought we should get married.

He ended up moving in with me about 10 weeks later.

It wasn't the initial plan to move in so quickly, but a housing situation ended up happening and he ended up moving in, which went fantastically.

I guess some couples it makes or breaks them, but for us it definitely made us.

And we have been inseparable ever since.

The concept of the year hauling lesbians except for, you know, a hetero couple.

We got engaged after about six months together and now we plan to get married in about 12 months time from now.