Start this adventure six years past
on the day that they both met
For on that day, he put away
all thought of fear or regret
He’d held this dream from the minute
of the day they'd become friends
That they would be, held happily
in a marriage that never ends
He invited all the parents
to meet for drinks and a bite
We couldn’t see, how perfectly
he'd planned each moment of the night
Then just at five fifty seven
he had knelt down upon the green
As all around, a hushed sighed sound
fell across the uncommon scene
It had been six years to the day
from that beautiful afternoon
As there he knelt, hoping she felt
as he had 'neath the harvest moon
Only after risking his heart
in hopes that only love can bring
There on the sod, in front of god
gave her his hand clasping the ring
To say I was moved is surely
the understatement of the year
For it struck me, as it had she
as both our hearts then shed a tear
He had been planning this for months
a treasure for us all to see
And each one knew, so sweet the view
this is what love is meant to be
Tate
My ex wife and I were asked to dinner a month ago. Andrew asked me for my daughters hand in marriage. I said" have you asked her?" "Nope" he said. "Well what if I said no?" "Well I guess I wouldn't be able to ask her then." "Oh yeah you can marry my daughter I said." So last night we went to dinner in Dayton Ohio. We were near the campus of the University of Dayton. That is where they met 6 yrs ago. I did not know till later it had been that very day 6 yrs ago.Oh if only you coulda seen it A sign was draped off the building to tell her he had something to say. So the students had gathered round. Then last night exactly 6 yrs to the day at 5:57 pm the moment they had met he got down on one knee in front of his family my family all his friends and hers and proposed on the green it was great. How he managed to get all the friends and relatives there I don't know. Because none of us lived there. Even he and she were both in Cincinnati where Aris is getting her Masters degree. The funny thing is Tate says to me he had visited Aris there yrs earlier at 11 yrs old. Aris had she said "quick Tate hide behind the bookshelf there's this guy who is stalking me he knows I have a boyfriend. But he keeps coming to my room asking me for help with homework But he is as smart as me he doesn't need help" lol It was Andrew her fiancee who won her heart and beat out the guy she was dating for her hand. I tried to pay for dinner. However Andrews father wouldn't hear of it. Obviously like father like son. He had already handled the bill. So I offered to buy him a drink. He suggested we all go down the street to a pizza place and bar where the kids hang out. So we walked down the street and a drunk yelled at us " Hey your the girl that got engaged aren't you?" Lol We get to the place and open the door. There inside were all of my daughters friends from life. Those Aris went to school with from kindergarten through college including her cousins. They had come from all over the state. Andrews friends had come from further, as far away as Georgia. Now none of the parents on our side knew they were there. It was the most moving scene in recent memory. I'll tell you it takes a confident man to arrange all this and not have my daughter find out. Risking it all on the hope she will say yes. He had gotten the ring almost a yr ago. But had been saving for it for a yr and a half. He asked her to marry him the very minute on the very spot where they had met 6 yrs before. I know we all left there knowing we had met a master of romance . For making my daughters dreams come true I tip my hat to this boys character.
