It is almost time!!!

We just bought our first house together and had barely moved in. I was sitting on our mattress on the floor in our master bedroom playing around on my Kindle when Dave got home from work. He came in and knelt by the bed to kiss me hello, like usual. We talked for a few minutes and then he said that he had made me a house key on a new key ring. He held up an inch round key ring and on it was a beautiful engagement ring and the key to our new house. He asked, "Will you marry me?". I was so in shock and surprised. I always thought I would know when it was coming but I didn't even see it. I asked several times if he was serious as my eyes flooded with tears. By the time I said "Yes!", I was crying and shaking and so very, very elated. It couldn't have been more perfect! I found out later that Dave had been carrying around the ring for a while. He had asked the kids for permission and they kept waiting for him to make his move but he never found the right time until he was asked to make me a new key at work. He had told me that he had gotten a gift for the whole family but every time I asked him about the gift, he would say it wasn't time yet. Little did I know that the gift was one of the best things I've ever been given!

It happened yesterday. Or ten years ago. Maybe it was a full lifetime. It doesn't really matter because the fact is that it happened. He lost a bet. Fifty dollars to be put into my hand at an undetermined date and time. One that is yet to come...or won't ever come. Whatever. The important thing is that he lost. And that meant I won. More than I ever imagined I would win. That bet made me the richest woman on the planet. I radiate my wealth daily. On the good days, I shine like gold. On the bad days, my luster is still present. He made me rich. And there is not enough appreciation in the whole world for such a wealth. I get richer every single day. I am full of admiration, wonder, happiness...and most of all...love. So thanks for losing that bet. I remember laying in the grass, shaking with anticipation. Willing the tears not to fall. Forcing my mouth to resist forming the words that hung so thick in the air around us. Wondering if you could hear my heart slamming against my ribcage. If you were thinking and feeling the same things as I. If I was being a fool and how in the hell I had missed finding that exact feeling my whole life. Today I know the answers to all but my wonders will never cease when I look at you. Ever. Because your love is too simple for the complex man. Because your love is too big to ever ignore. Because...I'm still waiting for that fifty.