And I run down the aisle to you...: And you are the love of my life...

Yesterday, was Daniel's dad's birthday so we made plans for Daniel to pick me up from work and we would go eat with his family. So, come 7 o'clock I got in his car and he told me there had been a change of plans and I needed to shut my eyes. I laughed and told him no and he said, "Jodi I can blindfold you or you can shut your eyes". I finally agreed to just keep my eyes closed and he began to drive. After about ten minutes the car came to a stop, he told me open my eyes. There we were in the parking spot at my old apartment building where we spent numerous hours talking, getting to know each other better, and trying to figure out if we should date or not. He looked at me and told me that parking spot was where our relationship became official and real. He talked about how that was the place he really started to fall for me. You see, Daniel and I really struggled with timing and whether or not we should date when we were first talking. I know we were both in prayer constantly over whether the timing was right or not because we were going to be intwo different places for that summer and our lives were already so crazy. In that parking spot we decided to follow our hearts and trust that the Lord knew what he was doing with the timing. Anyways, then he put a rubberband on my ring finger and asked me to close my eyes again. After about 5 minutes he had me open my eyes and we were at Chili's. He talked about how this was the place we would always go on little lunch dates and that was where our friendship grew.He talked a little more about our friendship and then took off the rubberband and put on a metal ring like a small keychain thing. He made me close my eyes again until we arrived at a friends old house (well down the street from it but close enough). He talked about how that was the house we had our very first date (which if you do not know our story I had no idea I was on a date but I guess it all worked out). It was a halloween costume party (date party don't forget). We showed up that night and there were tons of couples there all dressed like each other, which I was not prepared for. Daniel talked about how this waswhere he saw how I can gracefully handle awkward situations (hahaha). He said this is where thesparks flew and this all began. Then, he replaced the metal ring with my Memaw's old wedding ring (except the diamond was missing). That was so special to me because myMemaw meant the world to me and she left me her wedding ring when she passed away. So I closed my eyes and shortly the car came to a stop and he got out. He came around got me out of the car walked me a few steps and told me open my eyes. I opened my eyes to see us standing in the parking lot where we first met for impact (incoming freshman christian camp at A&M). He didn't waste too much time there after he talked about how we met and claims he schooled me in four square (which we know isn't true). Then he just got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife (it was obvious he was slightly nervous). And I said YES! So he replaced my Memaw's wedding ring with a very beautiful engagement ring. It's a round cut solitaire (the diamond being the one from my Memaw's ring). Everything was so perfect for me, the proposal the ring, HIM!

I woke up this morning in disbelief. The beautiful ring on my finger quickly reassured me it wasn't a dream. I am engaged to the love of my life. I know we're young but honestly this is the most God centered relationship I have ever been in. He is nothing I was looking for, because he is more than I could imagine.