Carrie Cariello grew up in a teeny-tiny town in rural New York called Wingdale.

Wingdale was so small it had one stop light.

Back then she was Carrie Watterson, and she was always the tallest girl in her class.

After high school, Carrie went on to get a Bachelors of Science in Political Administration from the State University of New York and a Masters in Public Administration from Rockefeller College.

During this time, she met a dark-haired guy named Joe who wanted to become a dentist.

On Easter Sunday in 1996, in her small apartment above a hair salon, he gave her a small sapphire ring and they laughed and cried and planned a wedding.

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