Big Weekend!

This weekend I proposed to my special girl.  It is a very special moment for me.  I tried to come up with something to make it special. 

I first thought about using a big screen at the movie theater but I didn't know the movie places very well and I think that it would have been out of my budget. Next I thought I would take her to a fancy french restaurant but then she said she didn't want to go there.  So I looked and looked for some place romantic in Dayton.  The only place I found was the Cox Arboretum.

They said they were having a Orchid show so I thought they would have a big room filled with all kinds of orchids.  I thought that it would be romantic proposing while surrounded by flowers.... unfortuantly their "Show" consisted of 10 or so small displays in a 15 X15 room.. not very romantic.  What Is did notice is that they have a pavilion that over looked a small ponds.

So we took a small walk up a path in the bitter cold.  While we walk I recounted our first few dates. I told her how when I saw her for the first time I noticed her smile and even though she told me she was moving soon I wanted to get to know her.

On our second date we actually got to know each other.  We went to Buffalo Wild Wings and sat for hours just talking. When I walked her to her car that night I wanted to hug her but I was too chicken. 

The third date was another movie.  After the movie while driving home she was telling me how cold her nose was and then took my hand and touched it to her nose.  I was still holding her hand when we brought it down and I never wanted to let it go.  Again I chickened out on the hug... But I knew I was falling for this girl.  I knew she was something special.

Our forth date was a concert. I found the courage to hold her hand and put arm around her. "It was to stay close" I told my self.  The night ended with me taking her home.  We sat and talk for a while in the car then I walked her to the door.  I built up the courage to hug her.... that hug turn into a kiss and I knew that I loved her.

By this time I was near the top of the path. I reached into my pocket and took out the ring and asked if she would be my wife. She said yes and now we are truly engaged.

I love her so much.  I think about her every day and can't wait till I am with her for good.  I owns my heart and keeps it there in Dayton with her.  I know because I have a hole in my chest that hurts when I am not with her.