EVERLASTING Tryna & Kevin Knox

Tryna and Kevin met on a blind date on April 15, 1992, in Athens, Georgia. Kevin was working at the University of Georgia as a development officer and alumni relations professional while Tryna was working at the local hospital, Athens Regional Medical Center, as a management engineer.

“While we had a nice time on that first encounter — though, it wasn’t exactly ‘love at first sight,’” Tryna says.

“I liked Tryna a lot, but she was geographically undesirable and had just purchased a money pit,” Kevin says about their first date, referring to Tryna’s purchase of a historic home that was roughly 17 miles outside of the city. Despite these apparent obstacles, that first blind date led to another, then another, and soon, a marriage proposal. They married in June 1993 at a tiny historic church in Lexington, Georgia, surrounded by family and friends; eventually, they settled in Dallas in 1997. The Knoxes are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year.