"She said yes... eventually!"

On Saturday, April 25, 2009, Michael surprised me after a walk at the Falls of the Ohio with a beautiful ring and a BIG question!

As Michael and I sat on a picnic bench talking about marriage, he turned to me and said, "Will you marry me?" As he started to scoot off the bench, I tugged on him to stay up there thinking that his great sense of humor was getting out of control! He requested that I let him get down on his knee. As he did, he pulled an amazing ring out of his pocket and laid it in the palm of his hand. Thinking that this couldn't be the real thing, that actual moment that so many women wait for, I looked back and forth from the ring to his smiling face asking, "Is this a joke?" "Are you serious?" Part of me was thinking that he was joking and part of me was overwhelmed with excitement and realistic thoughts of what the future would hold. When he offered to take the ring back, I knew that it wasn't a joke and after what seemed like forever to him I said, "Yes, I'll marry you!"