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The Ring

August 25, 2005

Well, I’ve called quite a few people, so I think it’s ok to post this now.

This afternoon I put on my (symbolic) chef’s hat and boiled some corn-on-the-cob and sauted some chicken for Christa and myself. After having a wonderful dinner, we continued our planned date down at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

During our first weekend together, back in February, I took Christa to the museum because I wanted to see the Chihuly glass exhibit.

So, this evening, after looking at all of the exhibits in the museum (Chihuly is the last exhibit to go through), we made our way into the Chihuly rooms. We wandered through the amazing glass artwork, and approached the end. Near the exit, there is a bowl in mint green and black that we both exlaimed our love for back in February.

Well, today being the 25th (six months since we first saw eachother in person - Feb. 25), and with us standing in front of the mint green bowl, I kneeled down and pulled the ring out of my pocket.

After a few words of mine, she said “yes.” And so, I can now proclaim, that I am engaged to one Christa Renea Willson.

Slight side note: I made sure that we were basically alone when I got down on my knee, but I guess a security guard walked in (Christa saw him, not I) as I was starting to talk. He quickly turned around and let us be. As we walked out of the exhibit a few minutes later, another security guard walked past and said “Congratulations.” He definately did not see it happen. He also proceeded to get on his phone and call someone, appearing to give our descriptions. Well, turns out he was. When we arrived back on the first floor, another guard stopped us and asked for our picture.

So, June 17, 2006, Wichita Falls, TX, wedding/reception.
May 20, 2006, Holland, MI reception/party (this one subject to date change).

Another note: Murph got me thinking about ring selection with a recent post, but I honestly didn’t realize I’d done the right thing with my ring for Christa until after it happened. I bought a loose diamond in Holland, MI and had it fit to a band I’d picked out there as well. The really nice thing about it was that the diamond was mined and cut in Canada - no moral quandries there.

Posted by paul at August 25, 2005 11:12 PM

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