The meal wrapped up, and I was feeling anxious. Knowing Matthew, I had a feeling he wouldn’t propose under these imperfect circumstances, but I wasn’t sure! We ended up taking our limo back to our resort – and BY THE WAY. The limo was 1980’s style Uncle Guido GREEN, inside and out, which was another scenario Matthew had not planned for! The whole ordeal was definitely laughable. So when we got back to our hotel, Matthew suggested we take a walk before the sun set. Mmm-hmm, “a walk.”Ok, buddy!I thought to myself. As we walked along beside the gorgeous floury-soft sand beach,we suddenly reached a little clearing where there was a patchof green grass beside the sand, and Matthew stopped. My heart skipped a beat, and before I knew it, he was on one knee, saying something about loving me a whole lot and wanting to spend the rest of forever with me, et cetera, et cetera. Honestly, and sadly, I might add, I don’t remember his exact words. Even though I expected this proposal, I was still in some sort of weird shock. Maybe it had something todo with the gorgeous shiny rock that was sparkling up at me as he spoke – just sayin’! Obviously, my answer was YES. And I believe they usually end these little fairytales with “happily ever after.” man, I miss that tan. But the truth is, things haven’t always been super easy; living states away from each other for that year before our wedding was really tough. Once we DID get married and moved into our home together, we had to learn to live as a couple – but I can honestly say that when you are deeply and unselfishly in love, things aren’t that hard. And I wish each and every one of you, if you haven’t found it already, a love story just like ours – not because our relationship is perfect (because it isn’t – honest), but because we have found a way to love one anotherdespite.Despite our imperfections, despite our quirksand idiosyncrasies, and despite asometimes uncertain future. This first year of marriage has taught me a lot, and I can’t wait to share our journey with all of YOU. This life can be a beautiful thing – sometimes sad, sometimes tragic, sometimes full of sorrow and suffering and pain– but ALWAYS full of love. I’ll leave you with something I wrote on a private blog on Valentine’s Day two years ago, just after receiving those gifts from Matthew: I have learned to listen to my heart. I have learned that if you never make room for better things and better ways to be, if you never clear out the things in your life that stand in the way of your happiness, then you are notaligning your universe to allow for amazing things. In this life, you don’t find yourself. You create yourself. And the same goes for love: you don’t find love,you create a road for love to travel and wait for it to come.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:29:07 +0000
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