“Faith”, he said with a big silly grin, “You have to say SOMETHING. And I do hope the answer is yes.”

Then he got down on one knee, just like in the motion pictures shows! The wee jewelry box was opened to reveal the loveliest, most sparkly ring on heaven and earth combined.

And after we’d made the obligatory seven million three hundred and sixty four calls to all of our family and friends we flew down to the coast and celebrated our engagement….