Kathleen & Ed - A Love Story

Kathleen and Ed are planning to be married at Hollin Hall on October 8, 2011

Photo courtesy of the couple

Ed and Kathleen actually met over 10 years ago during high school, although they attended different schools. A mutual friend had introduced them because Kathleen didn’t have a date for an upcoming dance. So, Ed, the polite gentleman that he is, stepped in so that she wouldn’t have to go alone. They really hit it off, but being as how things are always complicated in high school, they decided it would be best to go their separate ways, even though, unbeknownst to either of them, they were both really interested in each other.

Some years passed, they went on through their lives in college and their careers.  After some time (and a break-up), Kathleen was on MySpace one day and thought about Ed.  Randomly, he had popped into her mind, so she decided to look him up. Somehow, out of all the people named “Ed” on MySpace, he was one of the first listings to show up in the search. So, she decided to contact him, assuming he probably wouldn’t remember who she was since it had been a long time since they had since each other.

Luckily for them, Ed wrote back and did in fact remember her and they agreed to meet up and watch a preseason Redskins football game at a local bar. So, from Alexandria, Kathleen drove out to Ashburn and, after getting lost on the way, met with Ed. They talked the whole night, caught up on where their lives had taken them, and had an all around great time. I don’t think at the time either of them was expecting much; just catching up with a friend. But, they hit it off so well that this time around they weren’t going to let this opportunity pass them by, even if they now lived about 40 miles apart.

After a year of dating, Kathleen and Ed moved in together, and Kathleen brought her dog, Gigi, as well, who adores Ed.  And after four years of dating, Ed and Kathleen began to talk about marriage. Then, at the end of October 2010, Ed and Kathleen went to Shenandoah National Park to enjoy one of the last beautiful days of the year before winter.  Ed, Kathleen, and Gigi hiked to the highest point of the park, where Ed proposed, and Kathleen, said, “Of course!”