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Don Squires won Taylor Crossland s heart with actions more than words. He doesn t really fill the empty spaces in conversation, she jokes, describing their first date in St. Louis s Tower Grove Park. But in time, as he repeatedly drove two hours from Illinois to see her between late-night shifts as a training-software designer at a hospital and while raising his two kids, Charlotte and Finn it became clear they were on the same page. Another clue: They quickly bonded over a love for pets (of which they now have four, including a basset hound that Taylor gave Don after his passed away). In 2018, when he proposed at the pavilion where they d first met, her answer was instant.