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a wildly romantic proposal in God's gorgeous landscape.. my son, our son, "engaged!" -for real this time -writeousmom, sandra mickanen sharing

 let us only very briefly revisit:  the pix of jack & emma, emma with her hand held up, showing off a ring..   that showed up in my text feed several years back

how i sent numerous text announcements to family & friends.. "jack & emma are engaged!"  i don't have any details yet..  just this pix

emma's family, her parents, with better vision and more insight.. they knew write away, 

but not me.

jack sends a laugh..   it's a plastic ring, just a joke..

and then i had to rescind each text announcement..

they got me good.

FAST FORWARD to the real deal..   and we could not be happier.

and that, and how, my son, went to great lengths to select the ring; organized, planned, the proposal, AND! a surprise engagement party, 

which included having his sister, taryn and her boyfriend jerran fly in; included having emma's parents fly in, my dad (jack's grandpa) and chris, me and robert..   hosted by jack's dad, john & laura..

very; very special!!

and, there i was, all proud of myself for keeping my composer..  revisiting with emma's parents, john and laura, my dad and chris, of course..  celebrating and reliving the romantic proposal with jack and emma directly

and when i went to visit with my daughter taryn and her boyfriend jerran..

yeah, 

jerran goes, "i was gonna ask you..  so how does it feel?"

and with that very question, my composure abandon me to happy tears..   i could feel it happening..

so immediate!  emotion..    i just kept repeating..   "that's the question..  not THAT question.. i was doing so good..."

but i can answer it now:     it feels GLORIOUS!!   I am filled with love, gratitude, happiness, hope, 

   -blessed case scenario for their lives as husband and wife...

GRATEFUL, HAPPY..     HAPPY, GRATEFUL...   it literally overflows when i look through all their  -very romantic engagement pictures.

     /have been thinking already about that mother/son dance at the wedding..

loves me like a rock by paul simon..      think of jack every. single. time. i hear it..

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now, as mentioned above,   -we are not pushing, rushing..   we do entirely trust God's timing, 

that said and acknowledged..

i jump up and down on the inside with excitement & anticipation..

because we think taryn & jerran

jerran & taryn..

they might be next.

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what a season of love & weddings!!   my sister emily & josh just married, my brother nate & paige just married, our daughter rose & tony marry early 2027...

i've said it a million times, 

as crazy as the world seems sometimes, 

people are still falling in love, getting married and making babies.

everything is gonna be okay.

Praise God..  

more later...   happy, happy, happy    writeousmom..  

posted by SANDRA MICKANEN @ 12:46 PM