Death Is Not The End Of You

Tommy Tomlinson: Six months ago today, Kristopher Watkins proposed to Nina Leavitt at the Charlotte airport.

He had come home on leave from his Army unit in Italy. Their families knew he was going to propose, but Nina didn't. He pulled out the ring and dropped to one knee and she said yes right there in baggage claim.

They had dated for a year, but it was almost all long-distance – they had been together face-to-face for only a couple of weeks. Here's what I wrote back then:

"I know what you're thinking. I thought it, too. They've barely spent any time together, and now they're running off and getting married… But you know what? Nothing is sure in this world. If you're going to be bold for anything, be bold for love."