Thank You Very Sweet

“He’ll definitely propose by Christmas,” my mom and I agreed. Kesner had already asked me what kind of diamond I wanted for an engagement ring:

“A princess cut for a princess?” he’d asked.

My mom was really excited. She’d gone to her latest SportSpine personal training appointment and her blood pressure was through the roof. “It’s good stress,” she’d told her physical therapist.

“My daughter’s getting married!”

Every day I called my mom with new developments in my relationship. “Are you sure this is the same guy that you said you weren’t interested in?”

It was the same guy and the change had been a miraculous one. And now not only was I in love, but I was in a new season. A season of mother/daughter planning.

“If he proposes by Christmas then we can have the wedding next year in December, 2011,” mom said.

“December in Cleveland, are you sure?”

“Yes. Nobody has December weddings. The Club is beautiful during the holidays. There are poinsettias and holiday decorations throughout. It will be beautiful, we’ll pray for good weather.”

A Christmas time wedding..

A year prior, my mom had a premonition that I would be married at the age of 31 (this was after I’d caught the bouquet at Courtney’s wedding). The December 2011 vision seemed to fall right in line with her premonition; it would be two months shy of my 32nd birthday.

“We’ll do it the first weekend in December, before holiday schedules get crazy. We’ll have the wedding on December 3rd.” She said. “The ballroom will be breathtaking with the holiday decor, and we’ll adorn the pub with your fraternity and sorority paraphanalia; that will be the Kappa Alpha Psi/Delta Sigma Theta room.”

And with that a plan was in motion. We had a date. And a groom. Now all we needed was a ring and a proposal. But that would come..

“We’ll definitely be engaged by Christmas.”

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