There are times in our lives when we are challenged to step out of our comfort zone and venture out to uncomfortable settings. March 17, 2013 on a sunny day my cell phone rings and starts such a journey. Instantly my life begins to change as the sun was disappearing while I continued to listen to the person on the other end. The person calling me was my Team leader at Toyota Motor MFG. He was asking me how long am I going to wait. Daryl and I had shared some of our life experiences and he knew that I had just recently divorced back in December 2012. He also knew that I had met an amazing woman who I was very fond of after my divorce. I could feel the despair in Daryl’s voice. Daryl and his lovely wife Sandy have been married for 36
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She had stolen my heart and was very protective of it also. I knew she was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I didn’t want to just drop to a knee and pop the question. I love romance and this would be the only time I would be able to ask her for the first time to be my life long partner, my lover, my friend, and my wife. This had to be about her day in the sunshine, with all eyes watching. Mentally I started making lists of what I could do to surprise her. Surprise dinner with friends and family, romantic night out on town with a carriage ride next to the river, or just something small with our children and family. All these ideas were easy to do, but cost me no expense of my heart. Then it hit me, I could sing to her and propose. I had friends in a band and I am sure I could convince them to let me have the microphone at one of their gigs. This was going to be awesome; I picked out the song, “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe …show more content…
I needed to get the permission of my girlfriends mother Barbara Watkins. I had started calling Mrs. Watkins by the name of Momma B. She did not like me calling her Mrs. Watkins. I called her on the phone and asked to come by one afternoon so we could talk. I went to Jared and bought the engagement ring. Yes ladies I went to Jared’s. It was a beautiful diamond engagement ring with a blue diamond on each side of the main diamond. I arrived at Momma B’s house with the ring in my pocket and my heart in my throat for fear of being denied her permission. I began talking to her about how much I loved her daughter. I mentioned that the 10 years difference between Jennifer and my age was a concern, but I assured her that I would always put Jennifer’s needs before my own and show her the respect that Christ commands us as husbands to do. She gave me her blessing and told me she could see over last few months of this love growing. We talked about how we wished I could have met Jennifer’s dad. He had passed away a few years earlier. She assured me that I would also have his blessing as well from
She had stolen my heart and was very protective of it also. I knew she was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. I didn’t want to just drop to a knee and pop the question. I love romance and this would be the only time I would be able to ask her for the first time to be my life long partner, my lover, my friend, and my wife. This had to be about her day in the sunshine, with all eyes watching. Mentally I started making lists of what I could do to surprise her. Surprise dinner with friends and family, romantic night out on town with a carriage ride next to the river, or just something small with our children and family. All these ideas were easy to do, but cost me no expense of my heart. Then it hit me, I could sing to her and propose. I had friends in a band and I am sure I could convince them to let me have the microphone at one of their gigs. This was going to be awesome; I picked out the song, “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe …show more content…
I needed to get the permission of my girlfriends mother Barbara Watkins. I had started calling Mrs. Watkins by the name of Momma B. She did not like me calling her Mrs. Watkins. I called her on the phone and asked to come by one afternoon so we could talk. I went to Jared and bought the engagement ring. Yes ladies I went to Jared’s. It was a beautiful diamond engagement ring with a blue diamond on each side of the main diamond. I arrived at Momma B’s house with the ring in my pocket and my heart in my throat for fear of being denied her permission. I began talking to her about how much I loved her daughter. I mentioned that the 10 years difference between Jennifer and my age was a concern, but I assured her that I would always put Jennifer’s needs before my own and show her the respect that Christ commands us as husbands to do. She gave me her blessing and told me she could see over last few months of this love growing. We talked about how we wished I could have met Jennifer’s dad. He had passed away a few years earlier. She assured me that I would also have his blessing as well from