The Proposal: A prequal

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It was our one year anniversary. The COVID was still in our midst so date night wasn't exactly an option. Instead, he recreated our first date, at home. Coincidentally on our first date, we both ordered the exact same thing at Cheddar's--meatloaf. (It was delicious, BTW.) He's a really good cook so he handled the main course and I tackled the sides. Teamwork in the kitchen while cooking dinner is one of my favorite things about us. We sat down to watch the show we're currently bingeing, NASHVILLE. Dinner was AH-mazing. Then it was time for gifts. Nevermind that I had already spoiled half my gift to him the night before so he got it early. I gave him part two of his gift and then he hands me mine. It was the sweetest little photo album. My favorite color and he had printed pictures of our last year's adventures. Next to each picture he had hand-written little captions. It was the most romantic gift I have ever received in my life. Gifts are my love language and he knew exactly what that meant. The most thoughtful gift with personalized touches. I got to the final page and it was the back of a photo and written on it were the words, "And this is a picture of our future." I pulled it out to flip it around and he had legit taken a picture of this beautiful ring, but even better, when I saw the picture he pulled out the box and THERE was that beautiful ring. He popped the question and well we're not gonna share what I actually said but, "YES" was definitely in there. It was seriously everything I could've ever dreamed of. Straight from a movie. And now, I get to do life every day with my best friend.



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