It's Official!

Today is, September 4, 2013, and it is a beautiful sunny late summer day.  A soft breeze is rustling through the drying leaves of the maple trees in my yard.  I have a light and very happy heart beating a bit more excitedly in my chest, and a smile that feels so effortless.  I could weep with joy if I allowed myself to.  I could go for a walk right now and I might not even notice the pavement under my feet...it might feel more like air.  

I hugged a man today, just a few minutes ago to be exact, a young man with a handsome smile and a big plan.  Today, on this perfectly gorgeous day, with an even more gorgeous diamond ring riding in the passenger seat next to him, he'll drive 2 1/2 hours in his pickup truck.  He'll probably be thinking about his future and maybe a little bit about his past, while country music plays on the radio.  I hope he prays for a minute or two, thanking the Lord for the priceless and precious gift of a woman's love.  

At his journey's end a one-in-a-million-trillion kind of young lady will open her fingers to his ring and his heart, and hold them both forever.  God, you are the creator of the most beautiful things!

I know I'm a hopeless romantic, but I had to include this picture.