Thursday night Tim asked me if I wanted to do something fun Friday after clinical. Of course I was up for fun, so he suggested going to Discovery Green park to see where they are going to turn a little pond into an outdoor skating rink. The next morning it was freezing though. He told me as he was dropping me off at the hospital that he would figure something else out for us to do, since it might still be freezing later. I was so ready to go have fun with him that I had a really crummy attitude all day at clinical. Later that day, when he picked me up he told me he found something else for us to do around 7. When I asked what we were doing, he just said it would be more fun to keep it a surprise. We then went home and made sandwiches and relaxed before I showered and got ready. Next Tim drove me downtown and as we passed the Aquarium I noticed some horse carriages and something like "Oh cool, look, horse carriages!"...little did I know we were about to park and go on one. As we approached the carriages, I got really excited; I thought that was my surprise! Oh, but that was just the beginning. We met our driver (who knew what was about to happen) and I started to climb into the carriage. As I turned around to see which side Tim wanted to sit on, I noticed he was down on one knee. Now, this started to play with my mind for a second, because I totally didn't expect that and didn't want to jump to conclusions either. Before I had any time to think of it, however, he pulled out a little glass slipper and smiled as he said, "Will you be my Cinderella?" and quickly pulled out the box with the ring in it and said, "Will you marry me?" At that point I jumped out of the carriage, snatched up the ring box and wrapped my arms around him saying "YES! YES! YES!" We were both smiling and laughing and shaking. Then he actually put the ring on my finger and we climbed into the carriage together. Then we got to parade around downtown as a newly engaged couple. I couldn't stop smiling, and looking at my gorgeous ring, and my amazing fiance and thinking about the perfectly romantic proposal. After the ride we started calling our family and friends, who were all so excited, but we reached a point after a couple hours where we decided to leave the phones in the car and go celebrate with milkshakes at 59 Diner. Classy, we know, but give us a break because we had been awake since 5 AM.
So, that was it. One of the biggest decisions of my life, yet one of the easiest. Now I am engaged to a wonderful, caring, God-loving, people serving, man who loves me with a selfless, genuine love that I have never experienced before. We are so thankful for the way God scripted everything about our relationship, from our initial companionship, to the struggle of waiting and being far apart, to finally bringing us together, and then the blessing of getting to live near each other, and now preparing us for marriage and a life together. We are also so thankful for all the people we get to share this time with, and who have helped us through so much so far.
Please keep praying for our relationship throughout our engagement, and our whole marriage ahead of us!
Here is me with my Prince Charming after our carriage ride. This was taken with Tim's cell phone, so sorry for the poor quality. It still picks up the pretty sparkle of the engagement ring though! :)
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