My Life
This post will be only and entirely about love…true love, awesome love, the kind of love that makes you write dumb blogs about love. If you hate reading this kind of stuff, or if you just plain don’t believe in true love, you are welcome to click the back button on your browser…or, if you so wish, you can read on…maybe you will come out a believer.
Everyone knows I am in love with a girl named Stephanie. If you don’t you probably don’t know me or you’ve never talked to me in person. If you had talked to me in person you would know, sometimes I literally don’t shut up about her. To be honest, I can’t help it…she’s just that amazing.
So I will skip ahead, confident that you know these three things:
1. I am in love with Stephanie. 2. We’ve been together for a year. 3. I want to marry her.
…so I thought I would get down on one of my bad knees and ask her.
Combat Skills Training, the oh so fun Army training I’ve been taking the past five weeks, was supposed to end on the 19th of December. Thankfully the Army realized they had us there too long and let us go home a week early. But what kind of a man would I be if I told the truth and let Stephanie know I was coming home early? You’re right…it was better to lie. And lie I did.
I lied so good that when I showed up at her work to take her out to dinner a week earlier than I was supposed to be home she had a big ‘ol smile on her face and walked toward me to give me a big hug and say hello. Only thing was, I didn’t let her hug me. Instead I dropped to one knee and said something that didn’t sound anything like what I had practiced and then asked her to marry me. Thankfully, she said yes. And then everybody started crying, which was kind of cool. I was still too nervous to cry, so I just stood there with a huge smile. I was just happy that I would be spending the rest of my life…with the love of my life.
So there. That’s the short and sweet of it. I proposed. She said yes. I am…scratch that…we are…so very happy.
Last but not least. When we got home last night after dinner and all the jazz, Stephanie gave me a movie she made on her computer. Nobody’s ever given me anything like this before and if I would have been more of a man I would have let myself cry, but instead I smiled…big and happy, large and sappy.
Here is the video. I hope you like it like I liked it.
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Absolutely romantic…and congratulations to you both!
You have no idea how happy I am for you guys. And jealous of what you have and hopeful to find something as special someday. Stephanie is a lucky girl, as you are a lucky man. Mom told me about it on wed and I almost cried. You did it perfect! Good goin bro. Now if you ever become friends with my future husband, mar sure he proposes cool like that. Congratulations! I love you both so much!
Dude that’s awesome. Congrats times a thousand and God bless you guys.
Congratulations! I am so excited for you both. Even though she doesn’t know me, I’m going to have to ask for Stephanie’s forgiveness in advance. I am TOTALLY stealing that idea for Siggy for Christmas!!! I know how hard its seems now to be seperated, but you’ll both be so much stronger on the other side of it.
Good luck and Merry Christmas!
~Rach
That is awesome!! Whos sings that song? I love it!! I dotn know how you kept from crying! You two are amazing together, and that is what true love looks like! Congratulations!
Lee,
I am so happy for you! You look happier than I’ve ever seen you. You deserve it! You’re such a great guy with a great heart and Stephanie is a very lucky lady. And it seems you are equally as fortunate to have found her. Congratulations friend! Can’t wait to see the beautiful babies you two will make!!
Miss you buddy!
Congrats man!!!!!
Dude, that is so mega Freakin Rad!!! What an awesome story to tell, like a cute movie that i would make fun of, but secretly love it, ya know? Awesome bro, seriously Awesome! Dude, i’m seriously happy for you man. Just Awesome. Wow!
YAY!
love you guys lots and lots.
Congrats man! I’m really happy for you! Hope I get to meet her someday. I’ll be back stateside soon, we should meet up!
WAY TO GO!!!!!!!
Ah yes, sweet, fresh love. What a wonderful thing.
I remember my own wonderful wedding, at the courthouse in Austin, and as I slipped the ring onto my wife’s beautiful finger, I exclaimed “With this WING, I thee wed.”
Way to go, champion broadcaster! (I am, as my wife has come to affectionately call me, a “moron”.)