It started10 years ago in high school.
A very, very long journey full of everyday dragons and literal pitfalls later...
We're engaged!
My wonderful fiance and I got engaged in January this year!
We got DISNEYLAND tickets for Christmas and after an amazing and fun first day at Disney together, he proposed to me in front of the Walt & Mickey statue, in front of beautiful Sleeping Beauty Castle, right as the fireworks lit up the night sky and the bubble snow started falling around us.
They call it the most magical place on earth, and now I fully understand why.
A proposal is a wonderful thing, but the things that happened in the park that day, that led up to a perfect moment, are nothing short of a miracle.
(Imagine my panic when I found out later he'd been carrying the ring all day in his pocket....while on Splash Mountain...and Space Mountain..)
We'd been talking about it for a few months beforehand, and we went to pick out the ring together but my hands are quite small so I didn't expect it would have been back from resizing,
in time for the Disney trip! So even though I knew what was coming eventually, I was quite surprised and happy - timing is key, guys (and girls)!
I've been busy with wedding planning, organizing, figuring out guest lists and decor and tuxedos and dresses, but it's been incredible good fun. Especially for cake and food tastings.
Which are so bomb.
It's also been incredibly stressful and somewhat panic inducing at times, due to budgeting and scheduling and my tendency to worry about things going wrong.
He's been beside me through everything, like he always is. He's also always telling me that things have a way of working out, and that everything will be all right - which has been my saving grace more than once, during wedding planning and through our entire time together.
(I do hope he keeps this mindset for the rest of our lives, and reminds me to keep my head up too).
10 years is a long journey, and we both know it. Neither of us gave up on the other and I'm so grateful that he was determined and I was patient. Nobody has ever made me feel so at ease, and so precious & cherished as he has, and I want to stand beside him with all my love and support.
We're getting married in November so it's still a ways away, but we're very much excited and I can't imagine how much more we'll be as the day gets closer!
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PS. I would like to thank the three cast members we met. You started by taking our photo in front of the castle, and out of a spontaneous act of kindness, you ended up setting in motion something that will always be one of the most magical moments of our life together.
I hope we meet again at the park someday so I can tell you that you made a miracle happen.
Please never lose that spirit of fun and being young at heart, and keep sharing it with the people you meet so that maybe someone else's life will be touched the way ours has been.
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