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It was a bit of a whirlwind. It moved
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really, really quickly. Within a few
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weeks they [music] they got engaged on
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Valentine's Day, exactly 6 weeks after
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they met for the first time, and the
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wheels really turned fast after that.
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They were married in September [music]
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of the same year. It was just beautiful.
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It was picture perfect, very
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traditional, and we were so thrilled
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that she [music] had met somebody that
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we thought would be her long-lasting
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love, and we were so excited about it.
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After 2 years of happy marriage in
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Tony's home state of Mississippi,
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[music]
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they moved nearer to Harold's home city
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of Denver, Colorado to begin the next
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chapter of their lives.
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Tony has always wanted to be a mom, and
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[music] in June of 2005 gave birth to a
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beautiful little girl,
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and um that just that changed her
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>> [music]
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>> her world. That was the most wonderful
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thing that had happened to her up to
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that point.
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Every year, [music] Harold and Tony
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would celebrate the life they'd built
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together.
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And in September 2012, 12 years after
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their whirlwind marriage, Harold had
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something special [music] planned. This
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year he called me just to tell me that
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he had some grand plan. This is the best
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anniversary ever,
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that he was taking her on a hiking trip.
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He was going to pick her up and sweep
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her away. He would have her [music] bags
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packed and then go to the Rocky Mountain
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National Park and just spend the weekend
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on a hike.
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This was their 12th [music] wedding
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anniversary. So, Harold had planned a
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special surprise trip. He'd put a lot of
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effort into this, in fact. He'd [music]
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told Tony's colleagues to clear her
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diary, and they got a babysitter as well
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for their 7-year-old daughter. So, this
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was an extra special trip that he had
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planned.
