Subject: FamilyLink.com Success Story and McGowan Proposes to Ransom Press Release
To: everyone
Success Story: “Connecting Families” through FamilyLink.com, Inc.
I have been searching for my eternal companion now for a while. Traveling across several countries, including Canada (although my sister did break her arm in Calgary, Alberta, and claims I rolled her over several times to look at her broken arm), I often wondered if I would find my eternal companion in one of these places. I had a Canadian companion on my mission in Romania who insisted that we sing God Save the Queen and Oh Canada almost daily. Little did I know that the Lord was preparing me for another Canuck…one from Alberta, although this one wouldn’t insist on singing. So, the search continued on and on. I went out with a lot of great guys, and even had several proposals, but they just didn’t seem right. I was enjoying life, but also getting a little frustrated with all the brick walls. Last year I met a guy named Jason McGowan. Yes, you may know him at work as the Facebook guy. At the time I met him, he was in a relationship, so I just tried to be nice to him and to be his friend. He broke up with that girl a while later. I felt sorry for him and decided to get to know him better and simply be friends with him. Sometime in February we started dating. We have dated ever since (although there was some competition with another guy, but Jason thrives on competition anyway) until last Thursday, July 17th, when Jason proposed! The brick wall came crashing down, and I am so grateful for FamilyLink.com/WorldVitalRecords.com, a great company that uses innovative tools to connect families. We are so excited to start our family on August 23rd….yes, of this year! Jason and I will be married in the Salt Lake temple and will have a reception that evening in Provo. You are all invited to attend. (Formal invitations will be sent later.)
McGowan Proposes to Ransom
We’re Related stats wane as McGowan’s attention is diverted for two days
PROVO, UT, July 21, 2008 — Yes, after knowing Jason McGowan for over a year, and dating for five months, he got down on one knee in a little place up in the mountains by the river where Ransom had told him that she thought was a perfect place, and asked the question.
“I really had no idea that he was going to propose, although I did book the Logan and Salt Lake temples that morning without consulting Jason on the matter,” said Whitney Ransom, fiancé to Jason McGowan.
McGowan was pretty smooth and sealed the deal with lots of roses, candles, sparkling cider, music, food, memories, scriptures with Whitney McGowan engraved on them, and don’t forget that ring!
“Yep. I knew it was coming. I could feel it in the air,” said Yvette Arts, friend of Ransom and co-worker of McGowan. “Jason worked through that morning to get the ring just the way he wanted it to be, and even bribed the jeweler with an extra $100 cash as an incentive to get the ring done on time. My job was to keep Whitney in the dark about the whole deal and make sure she got everything done in the morning, so she could spend the afternoon with Jason. I’m so happy for them!”
The couple will have an open house in Preston on August 23rd. Those who attend this open house will notice the maple leaves outlining the entrance. McGowan and Ransom will be married in the Salt Lake temple on August 23rd and will have a reception that evening in Provo, UT. The couple will reside in Orem, UT.
“So, I get pretty excited when we get more than 150,000 daily active users on Facebook, but that doesn’t even compare to my excitement of marrying Whitney (Sorry, Paul.),” said Jason McGowan, Ransom’s future husband. “I’m also really grateful that Whitney set up a shared Google calendar this morning. Just wait until she sees our Web site. I may even put tracking codes and do some SEO on it.”
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Whitney Ransom, Inc.
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About Whitney Ransom, Inc.
Whitney Ransom enjoys being with Jason, regardless of whether she is watching a movie, jumping on a trampoline, or riding in a Mercedes. She is quite competitive, but has yet to play Who Has The Biggest Brain with Jason because she doesn’t like to hurt the feelings of others. In her spare time she enjoys watching August Rush, throwing a Frisbee, or beating Jason in a game of Monopoly. She’s really fond of her work which involves innovative tools to connect families.