Day 21

Another Moment

There have been a lot of great moments in my relationship that are more than noteworthy. I’ve been blessed with the love of someone that is completely extraordinary in the best ways, and I am grateful for every day that she loves me. However, there is one particular moment that I want to share with you.

It was a perfect day. I don’t recall what we did in the morning, whether either of us had work or anything like that, but I remember that we had an amazing day. We spent the majority of it together, playing with the girls (Bailey and Kahlua, our adorable whippet mixes for those of you who don’t know) and watching a movie or two. Shannon made amazing homemade chicken noodle soup from a chicken we bought at the Co-op. We decided to go on a dog walk as the weather was pretty good and the girls needed a walk. Kaiser was at Erik’s (Erik is our mutual friend and Kaiser is his 3 (4?) year old son) and since we lived close to Erik’s, we wanted to walk over there to bring Kaiser some soup. The walk was great. When we got to Erik’s, I stayed outside with the dogs and Shannon went in to give him the soup. We finished out walk and when we got home, I really had to pee, but Shannon beat me to the bathroom, so I waited awkwardly near the door. When she came out, she was surprised I was so close to the door. I noticed she had a ring in her hand.

“Will you marry me?”

I was definitely not expecting this, as we discussing getting engaged much later and I thought I’d be the one to propose first. I was so surprised that instead of instantly saying “Yes” (which, obviously, was my answer), I said “Are you serious?” instead. Once I fully grasped the situation, I said “Yes, yes! Of course!” and she slid the ring onto my finger. I cried. She cried. We sat down on the floor in the hallway and called the girls to us. We told them that their mommies were going to get married. It was perfect.

I later found out that Shannon had been storing the ring at Erik’s for weeks and had an entirely different plan. However, due to the perfect day we had, she felt like it was the right moment (and it was) and she thought up an excuse to go to Erik’s. This is also why she wanted me to stay outside with the dogs. It was a perfect day.

And that’s the story about how Shannon and I got engaged.