Our Story
How We Met
We met in college and while he was holding it down on the football field, I was doing my thing on the volleyball court. After college we lost contact, but reconnected in August 2009. We are from to oppossite ends of the US, Derrick from Texas and me from Michigan, but somehow HE made a way. Derrick has been such a blessing to me and I love him to pieces. On May 19, 2012 I will marry my soulmate.
The Proposal
Since we already knew we wanted to get married in 2012, I wanted to get some ideas, so I started looking into possible locations to have our ceremony. Since I love flowers and nature, I knew I wanted an outdoor location. I found this park that overlooks the Susquehanna River and I sent pictures to Derrick while he was away in training. The park is so serene and I loved it so much that on his first day back home we decided to check it out.
We arrive at the park and it is crazy hot outside, which means Shae is a little agitated (or acting stank as Derrick so affectionately referrs to it). So, Derrick tells me to sit on the park bench and he gives me a card. On one side of the card are scriptures from the Song of Solomon and on the other side is a post it note that reads "Remove after reading". Well, of course I zoom through the scriptures cause I'm super excited to see what's underneath the post-it note. I eventually lift the post-it note and it says "My full name Will you marry me?" I immediately turn to Derrick and he is on one knee with my ring in is hand. I was so excited, Derrick said he could see my eyes bulging through my sunglasses. Too funny! So, in my numerous rants about the park, he decided, what better place to get engaged than the place I wanted to get married at.
We met in college and while he was holding it down on the football field, I was doing my thing on the volleyball court. After college we lost contact, but reconnected in August 2009. We are from to oppossite ends of the US, Derrick from Texas and me from Michigan, but somehow HE made a way. Derrick has been such a blessing to me and I love him to pieces. On May 19, 2012 I will marry my soulmate.
The Proposal
Since we already knew we wanted to get married in 2012, I wanted to get some ideas, so I started looking into possible locations to have our ceremony. Since I love flowers and nature, I knew I wanted an outdoor location. I found this park that overlooks the Susquehanna River and I sent pictures to Derrick while he was away in training. The park is so serene and I loved it so much that on his first day back home we decided to check it out.
We arrive at the park and it is crazy hot outside, which means Shae is a little agitated (or acting stank as Derrick so affectionately referrs to it). So, Derrick tells me to sit on the park bench and he gives me a card. On one side of the card are scriptures from the Song of Solomon and on the other side is a post it note that reads "Remove after reading". Well, of course I zoom through the scriptures cause I'm super excited to see what's underneath the post-it note. I eventually lift the post-it note and it says "My full name Will you marry me?" I immediately turn to Derrick and he is on one knee with my ring in is hand. I was so excited, Derrick said he could see my eyes bulging through my sunglasses. Too funny! So, in my numerous rants about the park, he decided, what better place to get engaged than the place I wanted to get married at.