SOPHIA & JOHNNY It’s You — Today, Tomorrow, And Forever How did you meet? We met at the Oneida Golf & Country Club. Johnny was golfing there and I was the beverage cart bartender. When did you get engaged? June 23, 2023 Tell us the proposal story. Johnny borrowed a close family friend’s sailboat to take me on a date. I had just finished a long stretch of night shifts and almost canceled, but he packed a bottle of wine and charcuterie and was so excited to go sailing that I couldn’t say no. It was 90 degrees with basically no wind, so we spent the afternoon sitting and talking. We reminisced about the sailing trip he had taken a year earlier with his dad. We kept a journal we’d write in during the time we were apart. Each time we got together we would read what we wrote to each other. Johnny said he had written one more note, his proposal speech. It was beautiful, heartfelt, and thoughtful. When we returned to the dock engaged, all our family was waiting for us. Tell us about your ring. Johnny shares, “The ring Rummele’s helped us create is entirely unique and deeply meaningful. It holds a diamond from my mother, one from my grandmother’s engagement ring, and one from me, representing three generations. Rummele’s also refurbished Sophia’s mother’s original wedding band to fit perfectly with the engagement ring and they restored my late grandfather Aldo’s wedding band with a new engraving, which I’m honored to wear. These family heirlooms are beautiful reminders of the relationships that have shaped ours, remaining united in the symbolism of our marriage.”
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