my computer is running super slow so i could not upload as many pictures as i wanted. this first picture is a picture we took while taking a stroll one day merely weeks after we met. this picture in itself means a lot to me because shannon took this photograph, made it gigantic size on a copier, cut it in to 6 4X6 pieces, glued it to cork board and mailed them to me one piece at a time. these are the little things that made me fall in love with him. sometimes i lose track of all the little things that happened since we met and other times i go through a time line in my head of all the memories and very special moments we have shared
here we are at a starbucks in waashington dc. i love the aroma of coffee and a caramel machiato is my choice of drink. for the longest time i never enjoyed coffee, never even liked the taste of it no matter how hard i tried to like it. get this i wanted to drink coffee so i could be all warm and cozy and hold the hot mug in my hand. it is immediate relaxation and comfort to hold a warm coffee mug in your hand and curl up in a big chair but coffee, oh coffee you hate me. shannon has bought me coffees hot and cold and i just cannot drink it no matter how sweet it is. i fear coffee breath so bad i cannot even drink it, and let us not forget the gritty feeling it leaves on your teeth...thank goodness i travel with a tooth brush and tooth paste, i have a thing for teeth and shannon knows it. ok besides the love/hate relationship i have with coffee below is one of my all time favorite pics of us. i adore his expression.
here i am hugging the "H" out of shannon as i usually do. it was so windy this day in dc. i have so many memories in this city. shannon and i have spent many days and nights in dc. i hate to admit that we have been apart more than we have been together, but who is counting the days we have been apart or together? i am absolutely in love with him for everything he is and everything he has made me. this is perfect representation as to how i feel about him. i am so comfortable in his arms and if i could tell him one thing right now it would be, "i love you for a hundred thousand reasons, but most of all i love you for you."
here we are sharing our first hug after the proposal another memorable day. i wish life had a rewind or replay button. i can recall his shaking hands and quivering lip yet he managed to smile and remain calm and cool. how could i never love this man? anyway, his words to me...maybe i will leave a few out but here is what he said to me, the best i can remember "you know how some things in our life are unknown, like where we will live, or where we will be in the next year? me: shaking my head yes and saying yes him: well you know how much i love you? me: yes and i love you
him: well i want to take care of one of those unknowns right now, the promise of together forever
me: looking straight in to his eyes and feeling sick to my stomach and my heart literally hurting
him: cindy will you marry me?
me: shaking my head yes and saying yes and not crying but hugging him so much and kissing him
and here i am finally crying, reality had set in, i am marrying the man of my dreams. as we walked over a bridge i stopped in my tracks and just cried for what seemed like forever.
here are some images leading up to the BIG moment
minutes before
i had no clue, while he was taking this picture he had the ring in his hand which he then put back in his pocket. he told me this after the fact, i am very observant, so how did i miss this?
seconds before. he was lining me up to be dead center in the middle of the pillars
here she blings
and the VERY moment my friends! by the way he got a photographer to capture the whole thing...i was wondering who that trigger happy girl was, i thought she was a tourist capturing the moment of two perfect strangers and little did i know he had this planned...lord have mercy i love shannon paul murphy
i love you shannon and i will never forget this day! i look forward to you coming home!
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