The Engagement

The following is lifted from the announcement email I sent to friends and family after our engagement last December. I hesitate to think how long I spent composing that "poem".

(with apologies to Edward Lear)

If your boyfriend of many a year
Says, “Let’s go for a run!” - have no fear.
A box tied with a bow
He’s on one knee in the snow
And you’ll say “God, yes! I will marry yer!”


In mid-December last year Eric and I went for a run with the dog at the Middlesex Fells reservation near Boston.

In the middle of the Fells is a tall stone tower that I always climb for a great view of Boston and surrounding countryside. As I was admiring the view, the dog bounded up with a little gold box tied to her collar, and when I leaned over the side all suspicious, Eric was standing down below, holding up a stereo playing a song so cheesily romantic I'm embarrassed to tell you what it is.*

He climbed up to meet me, got down on one knee and said something (memory's a little hazy here) about wanting to spend the rest of his life with me. After I said yes and he slipped the ring on my finger we had a mini dance party on top of the tower and then we ran home to tell my folks.

While we don't have a date set, the wedding will probably be early fall next year. The only thing for sure is that we want to celebrate with as many of our relatives and friends as we possibly can!





*'Glory of Love' by Peter Cetera. Google the lyrics now for maximum awesome.