We surfed together and were best friends.

His family was like my family."

And, by the time she returned to Hawaii, the relationship had fractured beyond repair.

Tulsli Gabbard speaking onstage in a black shirt

This made it all the more fitting when Williams proposed on a surfboard.

Literally, it was perfect.

Unlike Gabbard’s first union, their love is proving it’s stronger than any rip current.

Tulsi Gabbard smiling in a white blazer