“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.” – Walt Whitman
While I usually end my posts with a quote, the one above feels apropos to the moment. 2020 has been one of the most challenging years of our lifetimes, and, while I have never felt more anxiety about the direction of humanity than I have this year, I have also never felt more joy at the abundance of blessings we have been given.
Case in point: We’re engaged!
Dave and I met on May 24th, 2018 in true millennial form: off a dating app. As life threw many ups and downs our way, it was comforting to know that despite all the uncertainty of living, I could be certain that Dave was by my side.
It truly has been a contradictory year, full of fear but also full of hope and personal milestones. While I’m looking forward to the day where we can visit where we had our first date (shoutout to Raines Law Room at the William for still some of the best cocktails I’ve ever had), I’m counting my lucky stars for what my friend Laura summed up nicely for me: “House…dog…fiancé…sending 2020 to hell baby!!!”
So, in spite of fear, I am choosing gratitude in big ways and in small:
Gratitude for the sunny and crisp day on Sunday when he proposed, for our wonderful photographer, Megan Niger, for capturing the moment, and for finding a human who is just as certain in me as I am in him. Pretty sure I blacked out for part of Dave’s proposal speech, but from what I can remember, it went something like this:
“As you know, I am a person who questions everything, but not once in our time together have I questioned that you are the person I want to spend the rest of my life with.”
*Cue the happy tears*
I love you, Dave. Cheers to the rest of forever and to Sawyer living with wedded parents one day.
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