Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Arden: Part VI

Just before Christmas dinner, Larry prayed this prayer:

"Thank you Lord, for those gathered here today. We especially thank you for your Son and his birth. Mostly we thank you for His life."

He paused, and took a deep breath. 

"And I also thank you for this beautiful woman that I want to make my wife."

My eyes, along with several other eyes at the table, popped open. I looked over at him and saw that he was smiling this mischievous little smile. Then he slowly stood up from the table and I froze.

"Erin, I love you and I want to make you my wife," he said.

I continued staring at him incredulously, trapped in a complete state of shock. 

Then this wonderful man, that I have been completely in love with for the last two years, got down on one knee and pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket; one that had belonged to his father. Out of the handkerchief, he pulled a ring. 

Then he asked me to marry him. 

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