iDO couple profile: Thomas & Caroline (Burdin) Foote

Thursday, June 30, 2016

How they fell in love: Tom and I met at Southeast Missouri State University, but we never crossed paths romantically until after college. There was an immediate spark that we hadn't experienced previously, and had our first date the next weekend. The proposal caught me by surprise. I came home to the house being a "Timeline of Us." Tom had taken favorite photos of us and written captions explaining what I meant to him when the photo was taken. It was like a diary of our love story, all leading up to him getting down on one knee and asking to continue making more memories and sharing a lifetime together.

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