My 26-yr. old nephew is engaged. He's the one who quite his job to spend three months seeing South America. He had such a wonderful time that he took a trip to New Zealand this year and took along his girlfriend of 2 years.
While on a gondola ride down a river in Christ's Church, NZ, he proposed to the love of his life. He had another couple he met over there go with them. The other couple arrived early and hid the ring, the champagne and flowers under blankets. When James and Haley arrived, he began videotaping the scenery, then asked Sven to do some camcording for him.
He told Haley he wanted to tell her something - that he had been giving it a lot of thought and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
"Okay," she said, softly (and I know this because I watched it on the video!)
Then he got up from the seat (and under the blanket - it's winter down under), knelt in front of her, asked her to be his wife and, after she accepted, Sven produced the ring which was a perfect fit. James snuggled back down next to his fiance, who cuddled in, both thrilled with the beginning of their new life together.
James' sister, my niece, e-mailed me yesterday with a link to the video. I watched it, then called the children together. We all watched it several times. It was so romantic, well-thought-out, and precious. Dane stood for a moment, then shrugged, and began to walk off.
"You better come back here and watch this again, Dane," Deanna announced. "You're going to need to do this someday and you'd better learn how to do it right."
Lets hope it's a very long time before he needs that knowledge. But positive reinforcement of the "right" way to propose doesn't hurt at any age. One day, some young woman will appreciate that video and the training of his older sister. And I'm sure James will appreciate knowing that Deanna thinks he did it "right".
Congratulations, James and Haley, and welcome to the family, sweet girl. We're very tickled to have you.
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