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Oistins, Barbados on the 6th of July, 2018, at 10:00pm

By Nicole R

I was on vacation for the second time in Barbados...

One of the places that I loved most on my first vacation there was the Friday fish fry at Oistens, a lively outdoor venue complete with fish vendors, live music and cocktails. So it was literally the only place I wanted to make sure to visit during my second trip. Unbeknownst to me at the time, it would be the backdrop for a meeting that would change my life.

After filling up on fish and rum punch, I was casually introduced to a tall man with kind eyes and the cutest smile I had ever seen. He was a family friend of my travel mate. When he quietly bought me a beer and laid it on the table next to me, I felt something, without him even touching me--energy, warmth, electricity--or maybe a combination of all of three.

A night of dancing, more rum punch and one of the longest laughing fits I had ever had with someone in my life, ensued. We came to find that what we both felt that night was what we can only describe as a cosmic connection. We were truly meant to meet there, that night, in that moment, under those Barbados stars. A year later, we are embarking on planning our wedding.

We still dance often; can make each other erupt in laughter; and regularly recount the moment of our meeting (with each of us insisting that we retell the story more accurately than the other).