poping the question
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I proposed in the form of a book. The first several months of our relationship was long distance, and there had been many emails going back & forth as we got to know each other—some funny and some more serious. I sifted through all of them and parsed it down to about 40 that tracked the growth of our relationship. I arranged and edited them in book form, with simple illustrations scattered throughout that represent our personalities, interests and events in our lives. My wife was living in Madison, WI at the time, so I titled in The Madison Letters. I ran out of money on the printing, so rather than binding it became a loose stack of 80# cards held together with a bellyband. I bought a lacquered rosewood box and presented it to my wife one night after an awesome romantic dinner out. We were sitting on my parents' back porch, which overlooks a state park. Stars were out. I told her I had something to show her, and came back with the box. At first she didn't know what it was, but then started reading emails. I said there'd be time for that later, but that she should skip to the last letter, which wasn't an email but rather a proposal that I'd written. I read it to her as I got down on both knees and asked her to spend the rest of her life with me. She said yes before I could finish the question. She wouldn't stop hugging/kissing me, and I was like "um, I have something else to give you that involved less work but more money..." She was so excited she had forgotten that a ring usually appears at this point :)
Two years later, we have a beautiful baby boy and couldn't be happier.
Good Providence to you, and God bless.