RSSShe said yes!
Mar 07
I don’t believe in coincidence, so when the song “She said Yes!” came on the radio during my lunch break Friday, I took it as a sign that my plans for the weekend were indeed meant to be. Just minutes before that song came through the speakers of my truck I had stopped in at Murphy’s Jewelers to pick up a diamond engagement ring. I couldn’t wait to live out the moment described in that song.
The plan to “pop the question” had been brewing for a couple of weeks. So many details had to be covered: talk to the parents, buy the ring, get the ring sized, pick out the perfect location and time, and come up with my “speech.” By Friday, all of the details had been handled – well, almost all of them. I had lunch with her parents the weekend before, and they gave their blessings. I bought the ring and had it sized. I picked out the location and had written my speech. But then plans changed. It’s life. It happens. Plan B had to be put into action – but there really was no Plan B.
I decided to wing it unless I came up with a new plan. My hopes were to genuinely surprise her. She knew the ring was coming, but she didn’t know how soon. Any kind of traditional proposal would have tipped her off and ruined the surprise. I’m glad circumstances caused my original plans to change.
The proposal couldn’t have caught her more off guard. It was a huge success.
One of my favorite things to do is look at that diamond ring on Mary’s hand knowing that in just 474 short days she will be my wife. (That’s right, we’ve set the wedding date for June 23, 2012, due to our schedules, etc. If we could have possibly done it sooner, we would have.) She has a lot of planning to do.
I now know how the guy in the song feels. — “Nothing’s been the same since she said ‘yes.’” — That’s what the song says. I’m looking forward to taking the journey with Mary by my side.
