I never thought this would happen. Ben has been everything to me over the last year and some change, and boy oh boy has he been a trooper. Sticking by my side and never flinching even in the face of Brain surgery.
So he spends Christmas with me, our second year spending Christmas together. We sit with my mom and step-dad and open gifts. We laugh and make jokes and just enjoy our presents. He LOVES the Tapestry that I got him to facilitate his new decorating of his apartment.
So we go on and get ready to go over to the Excell's house ( My uncle Bob's in laws) Over in Ocala. We make the 2 hour drive and all is going well. We get there and it is wonderful. Ben meets my Uncle, who growing up I was VERY close to. His Wife Karen and their Daughter Allison. Karen's Sister, and their Parents Evelyn and Alvin. SO needless to say it;s a houseful. We have an AMAZING dinner because well Karen is From Jamaican and Boy oh Boy can her mother COOK!
We enjoyed dinner, and I noticed Ben was enjoying the Red Stripe Beer (Hooray Beer alright) but it is a little unusual for him to be drinking, so I just figured he was nervous about meeting all the new people. Though they loved and excepted him right away.
So Dinner ends and things are winding down and we are now eating desert. I am sitting on the couch eating an eggnog spiced pound cake (the same one in fact that I made for him and my mom for their Birthdays) my mom is to my right , my step-dad is in the chair across from the Couch as is my Little cousin Allison. Uncle Bob is kinda standing behind everyone in chairs. All of a sudden Wendy, Evelyn and Karen come into the living room, and I am being started at by everyone and it gets really quiet. I'm like WTF why is everyone watching me eat cake, so then Ben says "Sweetie" and as I Look over he got down on one Knee. I place the plate down after asking a panicked "what are you doing?!" and he said my Full name and started off his speech.
He started it off with " Our year started with a Broken foot, and it has gone on form there, Graduating college, getting him his own apartment, losing a relationship with his mom but gaining one with his Dad. My Brain surgery and many more things. And that well..it was HARD really hard..but even through all that, he wouldn't change a thing. He loved me through and through and every thing that happened made him love me more and he just couldn't imagine me not being in his life. And he asked me if I would Marry Him" I of course just nodded because I was speechless at this point and I hugged him and just nodded. He opened the box and showed me the most lovely ring I had ever seen. Just truly lovely. It's is a 1 karat White Topaz ring with a large oval stone in the center and 2 heart shaped baguettes on the sides, as well as 3 little stones at the top and bottom of the center stone. All in lovely White gold.
There were lots of pictures taken during the actual proposal and after and such, and of course all the women in the room were crying. My mom just about had a coronary! Even some of the men got a little misty eyed. We all hugged and laughed and cried and they welcomed him to the Family, and thanks him for including them in our special moment. It was just perfect. So magical and just..amazing.
Words cannot describe how I feel. I have wanted and waited for this moment for my entire life. for someone to want em enough and love me enough to want to spend the rest of their lives with me. And marriage to me is someone that woulds get up in front of their family and mine and say in front of everyone that they choose me, and love me, and will forever. And that is what he did. I feel amazing, I feel like I really have a future. That though things are hard, I can do this. Becasue there is a wonderful man waiting for me. I have been feeling really run down lately after this Brain surgery, like I was running out of sunshine and rainbows to feed on to get through these hard times. But after Saturday...after my special moment, I feel full again. Like I have all the strength and hope in the world.
It really was the true definition of a Christmas Miracle.
