The promise of coffee by our koi pond, while she opened her graduation present (a book of our friendship's most memorable moments) was fatefully accented by the lightest drizzle of rain. When she flipped over the last page, it was a collage of pics depicting the design process of her custom-made ring. When she looked up, she saw the real thing in her face--and me on one knee. It rained some more, the sun came out, the lotuses bloomed. A perfect, shared morning coffee ended with brunch at Trinity and an unshakable memory.