Tuesday, June 05, 2012

See, I never thought of myself as this person. In embracing everything else, it never quite sank in that this might actually happen to me. I was independent, I was confident, I was once-scorned and fine on my own.

I've referred to him as the blue-eyed boy in these parts before. It's accurate in the technical sense but makes us sound like a cheesy poem or a lip-gloss laden story.

The true story is that we're almost stupidly practical. We grocery shop, we edit each others papers (okay... I edit his), we cook dinner, we wash each others socks. We fight enough, and then we talk it out.

And now we're getting married.

He proposed to me under a bridge at his childhood home in Calgary. The place he told himself, when he was ten years old, that he would like to ask a girl to marry him one day.

That's it. I'm still the exact same person, strangely enough. I just have someone I'll share life with... for as long as we both shall live. It still kinda blows my mind.

His name is Brendan. And I love him.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Congratulations!!!!! That is so exciting :D:D:D:D

A Silver Snapshot said...

This is so beautiful! Congratulations on your engagement, Kristen.

Silver

Alex said...

Well, that is some darn big news. Congratulations! Have a wonderful engagement and a beautiful marriage!

Liza said...

BAHHH! THAT IS SO ADORABLE.

Okay, sorry. I'm normally one to just click out of these kinds of blog posts, but seriously... That is actually so cute and adorable and gfshjjklf. CONGRATULATIONS. :)

Tasha said...

awww...that's adorable!! congrats on your impending wedding. I wish you both a lifetime of happiness =)

EVILFLU said...

Aww that is beautiful! Congratulations!

Kris said...

Thanks folks!

webofbutterflies said...

congratulations! hope u get back to blogging:)
happy life,
xoxo.
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