By Molly Dowling Grassi

One of the first dates Chris and I had was him just making us dinner at my apartment. He comes from a super Italian family and his dad is a master chef when it comes to all things Italian. Chris picked up a lot over the years, and like his dad, uses his cooking to show others love. Just the other week he made me homemade soup and bread from scratch because I had a cold. During that early date he made spaghetti and meatballs for us. I had this profound moment (as I have had many times in our relationship) as I watched him flip the pasta in the strainer, thinking that I could watch him do that for the rest of my life. It was legitimately one of our first couple of times hanging out in a “more-than-friends” way and I was already seeing a future with this guy. And because of something so simple. 2+ years and many profound moments later, we’re married!