a day to remember

Heather and I met in middle school. We had the same geography class and all we did was interact with each other, anyway possible. So, I would ask Heather if I could play games on her phone because middle school boys don't know how to talk to girls. Eventually, we had more classes together and we were by each other’s side a lot. We started dating in 9th grade and dated up until junior year. We hit a road block and took a break for a year. While we went our separate ways, we still held each other close to our hearts. Heathers Break: During our break Landen stopped talking to me and I decided I needed to try and move on. After months of not talking I felt ok with not talking to him everyday, but I still wanted him in my life even if it was just as a friend. Almost a year later I decided to reach out and text him happy birthday, It took me by surprise when he responded back. I was expecting it to just end there, but we started talking and eventually we decided to start going to lunch together. Lunch then turned into getting to school early and having coffee in his car before class started. Eventually we decided to hangout outside of school and started hanging out more often. Landens Break: While on my break, I had dated another girl. Things didnt feel the same though. We went on and it felt like she was just there to help get over Heather. I think that while I was on this break God was trying to tell me that Heather was the one. The girl and I ended up going our separate ways and after that, the only person I could think about was Heather. I prayed about it and asked God for guidance. I wanted to make sure I wasnt doing this because I missed the feeling of having a girlfriend. Then as Heather stated she texted me while I was asking and praying about it. Then I decided to text her back. From then on we hung out more and I felt more at peace and closer to her. She was the only woman on my mind and I didn't care for any other relationship but the one with her. Getting Back Together: Our close friend invited us to hangout on the 4th of July one year, later that night I had asked Heather how she felt about getting back together. After a few days she finally said yes and we have been together ever since. Now was time to pop the question and boy was I nervous. Knowing someone for seven years does not make proposing any easier. We talked about marriage and when I would propose. The idea was to get engaged in a couple of years. Little did she know, I was already planning it. I had thought and prayed about it and decided that it was time. So, I went and bought the ring! I wasn't nervous at the time. I thought to myself no sweat, Ive known her for so long. I started to plan everything and checked it with her sister to make sure I was doing it right. Then I asked her parents for their blessing and got a yes! We ended up booking a photo session for spring pictures with one of Heathers friends from church. Heather had mentioned she loved how he did the pictures for another engagement. Perfect right! I reached out to him asking if he would be willing to do this secret proposal and he said yes. As the days went by I was getting nervous. Then the day came and I was a mess, hoping everything would go to plan. We go to take the pictures and the photographer placed Heather in front of me and it was time. I got on one knee, she turned around, and I asked her to be my wife. SHE SAID YES! As soon as I heard those words from her mouth, a weight of stress and nervousness left.