My fiance’ has always been the romantic type, but what he did for my proposal was absolutely incredible.
My birthday was Tuesday, August 1st, so he decided to take me to New York, which was the initial surprise. He woke me up on the morning of my birthday at 5am and told me to pack my bags with some summer clothes. At 7am we were off and on our way for New York from San Diego.
As we arrived in New York I noticed he had everything planned, which included roses and chocolate on my pillow upon the arrival at the hotel. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect that day, but a wedding proposal was not in the plans (or was it?). We spent the next few days experiencing the beauty of New York, which was a first for both of us.
During the week my fiance’ seemed to have an infatuation with Times Square. Wednesday and Thursday were extremely hot, and he had pointed out to me that a few of the billboards had been turned off due to the heat wave, which was an extreme rarity in Times Square.
That Friday evening, when the heat wave was finally beginning to cool, he told me to put some nice clothes on because we were going to a nice dinner. We jumped in a cab, and he had the cab stop about 2 blocks from Times Square. As we approached Times Square I was still unaware what was about to happen.
We walked around for about 10 minutes and then he pointed up to the Reuters’s Billboard at Times Square. On the giant billboard was a picture of our first trip together and our first kiss on the beach. As I looked further I saw a poem scrolling on the bottom of the photo that read:
"This day is as special as each day in our life, on this night I ask you WILL YOU BE MY WIFE?"
As this message scrolled a few other photos followed the initial photo. As I turned around to look at him, he was down on his knee in the middle of Times Square with a ring and poem in his hand. At the same time I noticed a photographer taking pictures of the whole event. I fell into a state of shock and literally was speechless for 30 seconds at which time I gathered myself and answered his proposal. What was even more incredible about the event was the wonderful poem that was attached with the ring:
"We laugh, we cry
We deal with hard times
And it’s only getting better
The love I have for you
Can be written with one letter
L is for love
L is for life
This letter is a sign
The strangest thing L represents
Is the intersecting of two lives
We’ve come together knowing
Our lives will realize
A feeling of our true love
These lives will coincide
The thought of you beside me
And never letting go
Keeps the world around me
Like a mountain full of snow
As we ponder L we see
It’s found in many words
But the truest one of all
Is that loving is a verb
Laughter shares a letter
Important to us all
It shares those simple lines
That helps us when we fall
The more I think of L
The more I think of you
How it ironic it could be
That my love for you is true
Not only is it a word
But a name that means so much
Everyday I think of you
That L becomes my crutch
Today is as special
As each day is in our life
On this night I ask you
WILL YOU BE MY WIFE"
(The L in the poem is referring to my name, Lauren)
The proposal was followed by a wonderful dinner and a Broadway Show that was fitting for the occasion, THE WEDDING SINGER.
We will be getting married on August 4th 2007, which is a year to the day of our engagement!
Proposal Story By:
Jeran Fraser
Incline Village, NV
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