Ooh La, La.....
Yes.
There’s a reason I am so in love with Erin. Many of them as a matter of fact….
But all of it was driven home during and even after our engagement party. He and I spent a lot of time planning and decorating/cleaning for the party.
Amongst other items Erin brought home the day of the party was a special bottle of wine and on the label in the description of the wine was all about great passion – this is a hallmark of our relationship – it always has been, and, I believe it always will be…
We had a lot of fun getting ready for our party and a minimal of stress – it proved to me that he and I can work together on things and not get in each other’s way – actually we compliment each other. The party itself was amazing and wonderful – a memory I shall treasure for a long time to come.
The day after the party, Erin went out to check the mail and brought in a package – handing it to me he said ’Happy Anniversary’. I opened the package and held within was a thin-volume paper-bound book. The title: “An Interview with Anais Nin” – I thought it was a lovely gesture (he knows she is one of my favourite authors) – that is until I opened the book. He had bought me a signed copy of the interview. There were only 175 copies of this interview published, and the number I held in my hands was #75 and it was signed by Anais Nin herself….
(Goddess)…..
I began to cry. These were tears not only of joy and happiness but a tinge of melancholy as well for only my recent ex would have understood how much something like this would have meant to me (and it’s going to sound weird but part of me wants ot call him up and tell him about this – not to ‘rub his face in it’ but to share – yeah I said it was weird). My emotions were running really high at that moment – but all I could think of over and over was how right Erin is for me – how much I must mean to him, how thoughtful and kind he is and how luck I am to have this man in my life who wants to marry me to boot. Similarly I was wondering to myself how in the work I am to repay such kindness, how can I let him know how much he in turn means to me – how can I show him how much I love him….
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Yesterday, Erin and I went to take the CDEM inventory – it’s another preparatory step in our journey to get married. The inventory is comprised of 200 questions which help to ascertain how well you know the person you are about to marry and what issues should be targeted for discussion with your local parish priest.
In all honesty, as I went through the questions, I began to realise that other than discussing joint checking accounts vs. separate checking, that there was nothing that we had not discussed (at length actually).
In my heart I felt like we had very possibly (with little exception) answered most of the questions similarly. The other feeling that came over me was just how well I feel I *KNOW* Erin – and how truly close we are – again, it was driven home just how right this man is for me. Call it crazy but for some odd reason I was soothed by taking this ‘test’, in a way, it has helped to wash away some of the lingering doubts playing in the back of my mind about getting married (not so much to Erin – just in general) and, I am now more convinced than ever of just how compatibility we are with each other. Of course we still need to meet with Father Johns to discuss the assessment – but I am confidant that this too will be an illumination of how right this love is for us both.
There’s a reason I am so in love with Erin. Many of them as a matter of fact….
But all of it was driven home during and even after our engagement party. He and I spent a lot of time planning and decorating/cleaning for the party.
Amongst other items Erin brought home the day of the party was a special bottle of wine and on the label in the description of the wine was all about great passion – this is a hallmark of our relationship – it always has been, and, I believe it always will be…
We had a lot of fun getting ready for our party and a minimal of stress – it proved to me that he and I can work together on things and not get in each other’s way – actually we compliment each other. The party itself was amazing and wonderful – a memory I shall treasure for a long time to come.
The day after the party, Erin went out to check the mail and brought in a package – handing it to me he said ’Happy Anniversary’. I opened the package and held within was a thin-volume paper-bound book. The title: “An Interview with Anais Nin” – I thought it was a lovely gesture (he knows she is one of my favourite authors) – that is until I opened the book. He had bought me a signed copy of the interview. There were only 175 copies of this interview published, and the number I held in my hands was #75 and it was signed by Anais Nin herself….
(Goddess)…..
I began to cry. These were tears not only of joy and happiness but a tinge of melancholy as well for only my recent ex would have understood how much something like this would have meant to me (and it’s going to sound weird but part of me wants ot call him up and tell him about this – not to ‘rub his face in it’ but to share – yeah I said it was weird). My emotions were running really high at that moment – but all I could think of over and over was how right Erin is for me – how much I must mean to him, how thoughtful and kind he is and how luck I am to have this man in my life who wants to marry me to boot. Similarly I was wondering to myself how in the work I am to repay such kindness, how can I let him know how much he in turn means to me – how can I show him how much I love him….
********
Yesterday, Erin and I went to take the CDEM inventory – it’s another preparatory step in our journey to get married. The inventory is comprised of 200 questions which help to ascertain how well you know the person you are about to marry and what issues should be targeted for discussion with your local parish priest.
In all honesty, as I went through the questions, I began to realise that other than discussing joint checking accounts vs. separate checking, that there was nothing that we had not discussed (at length actually).
In my heart I felt like we had very possibly (with little exception) answered most of the questions similarly. The other feeling that came over me was just how well I feel I *KNOW* Erin – and how truly close we are – again, it was driven home just how right this man is for me. Call it crazy but for some odd reason I was soothed by taking this ‘test’, in a way, it has helped to wash away some of the lingering doubts playing in the back of my mind about getting married (not so much to Erin – just in general) and, I am now more convinced than ever of just how compatibility we are with each other. Of course we still need to meet with Father Johns to discuss the assessment – but I am confidant that this too will be an illumination of how right this love is for us both.
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