She said Yes!
I knew I wanted to marry Cara in November of 2012. We had been together one year. I was in my first year teaching, and she was off saving the world by responding to natural disasters and through conservation. It was the first day of Thanksgiving break. I was exhausted. For my educators out there, you know the refuge that is Thanksgiving Break. I laid on the couch paralyzed from my exhaustion and overwhelmed by the fact that the next day one of my best friends was coming to visit us in St. Louis. Our apartment was a mess , but I couldn't muster up the energy to clean. This is where Cara stepped in, she turned on her slow jams and went to work. She washed, dusted, mopped and (literally and figuratively) swept me off of my feet . It was in this moment, as she serenaded me to "Your Song" from Moulin Rouge (which is our song), that I realized I could easily spend the rest of my life loving her . Now I would be lying if I said this was the first time I had felt thi...