Goin' to the Chapel!

Our 21 year old son is engaged!

We could not be more thrilled!

To say that it was unexpected would be the understatement of the year. From the time they first met 5 years ago...until today...it's been clear to everyone that they were meant to be together.

About 5 years ago, I remember that Logan had been over at a friend's house with a few other kids. He ran in the house later that night at some point...to get something, I don't know...and he said, "I have Morgan in the car with me...would you like to meet her?"

We were new to the area, but I recognized the name "Morgan" as a girl from our church. He went out and brought her in. They sat on the couch together. She was all nervous and shy. And, all of a sudden, so was he! I saw him look at her...you know, really loooook at her and I just knew. Right then and there, I became the "other woman" in my son's life.

Now, for all of y'all out there who don't understand what I mean...I'm not talking about anything inappropriate. Sheesh. You moms-of-sons will understand. We are the first women that our sons love. Those first few years when they just adore us are so precious. But we want them to find their mate...the one God has for them.

Morgan was "the one." The one I had been praying for for over 16 years, and she became a part of our family that day.

It has been a blessing to watch their relationship evolve over the past 4 1/2 years; to see them grow in the Lord, both separately and together; to see them choose to have a relationship that honors God and each other; to watch them build a strong foundation on which to start their lives and family.

Last July (2012) he came in and announced that he'd found "the ring" for Morgan. He asked Jim and I to go with him to look at it. He and Jim talked to the jeweler. They used the eye-piece to check it out. Logan was already sold. He said it was "feminine and pretty...just like Morgan." Awww...is that not the sweetest thing?

This Spring, he started talking about proposing. They want to wait to marry until after they graduate from college next year. Morgan had planned a trip for them to go to a concert in Texas. They were going to stay with my sister and her family. They went to the concert one night and the next day, before they headed home, they went to the Dallas Arboretum. Logan had asked my sister about pretty places he could take Morgan...to ask her a very important question. Logan and Morgan both love being outside...they love parks and nature. It was the perfect place.

Logan said they walked around and they took random pictures of each other. He said everything was soooo pretty. He said he was looking for "the" place and would know it when he saw it. He saw this stage area that had a waterfall background and he knew that was the place he was looking for. He said they had been using their camera and cell phones to take pictures...propping them up on rocks and things. He said a middle-eastern woman asked if they would like her to take some pictures of them and they said, "yes!" Logan took the camera over to her and showed her what to do. He asked her to take a few random pictures and then he was going to get down on one knee and propose...that if she could get pictures of that, too, it would be great. He said that while they were taking the random couple pictures...his heart was about to beat out of his chest. He said, "I thought Morgan could probably hear it beating, because it felt so loud!" He said finally Morgan turned to the lady and said, "I think we're good...thank you." And Logan said, "no...how about one more...like this...and he got down on one knee. Morgan was shocked. She thought Logan was playing around until he pulled out the ring...and then she started crying. It was so sweet. And the best thing was that a random stranger got it all documented on the camera for them!

And the hardest thing was that Morgan wanted to have a "candlelight" with her sorority (a special thing they do to announce and celebrate an engagement)...and we had to keep the engagement a secret for 22 days so that she could surprise all of her friends!

We are thrilled and so happy that our family is growing in this way! We're goin' to the chapel next summer!

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!

"Then the LORD God said, 'it is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him." Genesis 2:18