The first time I saw him, we were both sitting at the same gate for a flight to San Diego. I remember glancing over at him and thinking, Oh, wow, he’s cute. When I got to my seat, I saw that the seat beside me was empty and thought, how awesome would it be if he ended up next to me?

Well, he did. We started talking, and then he asked for my number and we went our separate ways. I was certain I would never hear from him again. I thought about him often, but eventually he faded into the ‘missed connections’ category. A few months later, out of the blue, he sent me [a message that said] ‘Happy New Year.’ We hit it off like nothing ever changed.

For the proposal, Jackson surprised me on the Palos Verdes cliffs with a wooden archway that had a poem on it asking me to marry him. It was in both in English & Mandarin and he’d printed out photos from our relationship. It was supposed to be our Valentine’s Day date so even though I knew he was proposing this year, I was surprised!