A Proposal

In February I was faced with a challenge. I was let go from my job February 24 and I had a choice to continue with my plans to ask my girlfriend to marry me (as I already had the ring) or to postpone the inevitable until I got a job.

Instead of accepting the role of victim of my own circumstances I decided to continue with the proposal as I already planned. This is a big leap of faith as not only was I just let go, I had to have faith that she would want to marry a man that was bringing nothing monetary to the table.

I convinced her to go on a walk with me to Piedmont Park, and it was there that I dropped to a knee and told her she made me the happiest man in the world and I asked her through my own tears of emotion to marry me. She said yes.

I am uncertain if the following four months were the best times of our lives or the absolute worst; we struggled financially and emotionally at times. But I know that if we could get through this period with the same love we had for each other when it started then we can get through any challenge that will be presented to us. I am the luckiest man in the world as my fiance and I have faced a challenge and persevered.