The News as of Nov 1st

It has been a mere 15 days since I last posted and many things have changed since then. My trip to Bismarck was wonderful. To be able to just "be" with Vaughan was very restorative. It is truly hard to be a part. 

So hard in fact that when the time came for me to leave............         (Mon. Oct 20th) I was very sad. I tried not to fill our last morning together with my dread at the thought of leaving, but I am not very good at hiding my feelings. Vaughan suggested that we go to breakfast. The local diner is called Kroll's  (rhymes with troll?) As we sat in the booth Vaughan kept asking me "what are you thinking?" and "how do you feel about us now". It began to feel like a game of 20 questions so I decided to have a go.

I asked him "what are YOU thinking?" 

Immediately his eyes teared up and he said "I am sitting here thinking of a meaningful way to ask you to be my wife". 

I dropped my fork as my jaw dropped. How do you follow that up? He then presented me with the ring I had brought from my mum. (She had pulled me aside before my trip and told me she knew we were trying to decide if it was prudent to get an engagement ring and that she had been saving this to give to me, presenting me with my grandmother's wedding ring)

It was this ring that Vaughan gave to me as he said, "Elaine Hixson, will you marry me."

It couldn't have been more romantic if he had ridden up on a white horse and got down on one knee.

The ring is absolutely gorgeous. It has an antique setting and a "rose" cut diamond.It is early 1900's.The grandmother who wore it was the woman who named me at birth. I have a feeling that grandmama is smiling as she sees it on my left hand. I definitely was not sad after this exchange. God is so good. 

Vaughan said he had been praying about when to ask me. He said he knew I would be sad before leaving and decided to save it until then. The timing was perfect. I love him so much.