On one of their first dates together, Vanessa Krueger took James Miner to her favorite thrift store.
It was 2016, and she’d met Miner while they were both working for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington D.C.
Vanessa Krueger, James Miner and their daughter Zinnia outside their home in Southeast Portland on May 9, 2021. They're seated with the hardback suitcase, inside which they found a wedding ring.Mark Graves/The Oregonian
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