We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. -- Barack Hussein Obama, 44th President of the United States of America

Ten Years Earlier…

A version of this post first appeared September 17, 2008.

Me: Well here’s a serious question: If you could change one thing about me, what would it be?
Leah: [laughs]
Me: Just one
Leah: Two things.
Me: [fake sulk]
Leah: I really wish you’d lose some weight. We both should. Because I worry about you, and I know you haven’t been watching what you eat so much.
Me: Yeah. I know.
(a pause, while I wait for her to ask the reciprocal question. She doesn’t)
Me: I ask, because I’ve been thinking
Leah: Oh?
Me: Yeah. And I guess, maybe there’s one thing I might change about you.
Leah: Um.
Me: Your last name. [produces a ring] Will you marry me?

[486 Days Later…]

 

Happy ninth anniversary, light of my life.

One thought on “Ten Years Earlier…”

  1. Awwwwwwww

    the fact that this quote* was randomly generated is just cherry on top

    *Until now, I always got by on my own — I never really cared until I met you. — Heart, Alone

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