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“Ben Napier and I circled each other before we ever really met.

Actually, it’s more accurate to say I circled him, like a moon in his orbit.

Ben and Erin Napier posing together

Even from far away I could feel his joy and generosity.”

I didn’t know what a pixie cut was at the time, but I knew I liked it.

“It was Friday, September 21, 2007.

An early couple photo of Erin and Ben Napier

The handwritten account ended with a message for her to go upstairs to find out the story’s ending.

Erin explained that Ben was waiting for her on the upstairs balcony.

“He leaned down to my ear and whispered this: ‘You know how much I love you?

Ben Napier proposing to Erin on a balcony

“And I couldn’t say yes enough or cry enough.

It was the most shocking and beautiful moment of my life.”

He’s so generous.

Erin and Ben Napier sharing a blurry kiss in an old photo

Ben Napier bottle-feeding infant daughter Mae

Ben and Erin Napier posing together in a selfie