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Soccer star Abby Wambach gets engaged to Christian writer

Soccer star Abby Wambach gets engaged to Christian writer | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2015, file photo, U.S. forward Abby Wambach reacts during a practice session in New Orleans for Wednesday's final U.S. victory tour match, against China. Wambach and Christian writer Glennon Doyle Melton announced their engagement on Feb. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach has announced her engagement to Christian writer Glennon Doyle Melton.

Melton posted a photo of two hands flashing diamond rings on Facebook Saturday with the note, “Abby and I decided to hold hands forever. Love Wins.”

Wambach posted the same photo on Instagram on Sunday . She writes in the caption: “Happy.”

Wambach announced last year that she was getting divorced from Sarah Huffman after three years of marriage.

Melton wrote on her Momastery blog in August that she was separating from her husband.

In addition to her blog, Melton has written a pair of bestselling memoirs.

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