A few weeks into our relationship, my family found out Mee-Maw had stage 4 cancer. Within a week I had my little mustang packed down, and I was leaving Canyon Lake. That last day at the office was terrible, I thought Chris was mad at me, we didn't speak all day. Finally, unable to take it any more I asked what was wrong, and he busted into tears. Needless to say, we couldn't stop crying the rest of the day. We said goodbye and for the first time in all my jet setting, I looked into my rearview mirror at what I was leaving.
Chris called every day, several times a day. When I finally answered the phone, he was not happy! " I thought we had something special! I thought you were different!" to which I replied "I don't want a long distance relationship!" At that moment he could have let go, moved on. But he didn't!!! What he said next stole my heart...."Well you better figure something out, because after being with you I can never be with anyone else!" and so we did, every weekend someone made the 3 hour drive, and at the end of our visit it was the same picture. Two people hugging and crying and waiting til the very last second to leave.
In September, Chris invited me to Port Aransas with his friends Eric and Bri. If I had known that day as I drove to Canyon Lake that Chris had (that very morning) been in Montgomery asking for permission to marry me, I would have never believed it! At the end of a beautiful day, sitting in two faded lounge chairs, listening to Jack Johnson Chris dug up a sweet little clam. He proceeded to say he was going to crack it open! I insisted that if he did, it was going to stink and I was not sticking around to enjoy the smell! Just then, the smallest ray of light from our magical sunset peeked into the shell of that little clam....and then a glimmer!
Before I knew what had happened I was in the arms of my fiance, shaking and trying to remember all those sweet words he had spoken. All I remembered was I said "yes"!
We didn't know it then, but we found our wedding site that weekend! Chris and I share a love for water, it brings such a peace to us as a couple. November isn't far away!
