Remember when I was late picking you up for the graduation party? Well I wasn't stuck in traffic, I was with your dad, asking his blessing for your hand in marriage. My heart raced and I choked on my first words. It went something like, “Hello…can I use your bathroom?” I had to collect my thoughts, settle my nerves, and make sure the words, “I would like to ask for your blessing to marry your daughter,” came out perfect. His answer left me with a smile that gave me a look into a lifetime with you.
Remember our California vacation? Well it had been planned to be in front of a sunset, on a beach, and on one knee asking you to spend your life with me. I put in my head at home that either you'd see the ring before in security checks or I’d somehow lose it. I guess fate had it planned for another time.
Remember the shoe box in my car? The one on the backseat when I picked you up at the airport? I hid the ring in there, for unknown reasons, but it makes me laugh at how many times I carried it back and forth hoping we would end up at the perfect spot. Well it was there when we decided on dinner the evening of August 5th.
Remember when you asked me if I was okay at dinner? I wasn’t, I actually felt like I was about to faint…seriously. I knew at that moment it would happen, at Constantino’s in Providence in front of the fountain. It just so happened we were in a beautiful spot after a pretty gloomy day. But when I saw you in that black sundress, I knew that the perfect setting I was chasing wasn’t nearly as important as I had the most beautiful person sitting across from me. As I asked for your hand, got on one knee, I had everything I’ve ever dreamed of standing in front of me.
Plans always change and sometimes we cant control them, but as long as you are with me you will be the center of my attention. I want you to know that I will always love you and as long as I am with you I will always be in the perfect spot. Here is to forever and saying “I DO!”
Love,
Tad