Sharing Time!

Received an email from my son who is in New Zealand

working on his doctorate Friday evening asking if I

would be home on Saturday evening and that he

might give me a call.  I replied that I would and 

asked what time he was thinking of calling.  My

mind of course, going a million miles a minute because 

he never emails first, just calls and then we get on

Skype.

Didn't hear back so when I got home from work 

Saturday morning thought I best check my email

and see if he had responded and given me a time.

Was just checking when my phone rang and it was

him.  I asked if we should get on Skype but he

wasn't near the internet and so we'd just talk using
land lines.  By the tone of his voice I knew something
was up, nothing bad I figured because his voice was
teasing and light-hearted.  After bantering back and forth
for a bit, he gave me a wonderful Valentine gift...

one I had been waiting for for a long, long time!

He was ENGAGED!  What a joyous moment

for me and of course I immediately began to cry.  I

cry over everything, happy, sad, you name it.  But,

this time it was tears of joy!  I heard him in the

background saying "I told you she'd cry!"  He knows

me so well.

It was Valentine's Day there and he had just proposed
to her and happily for him and us, she accepted.

We had a wonderful visit.  He put us on speaker

phone so I was able to chat with my future daughter

in law.  I can hardly wait to meet her and get to know

her and welcome her into our family.

Just had to share this wonderful news and a couple

of pictures they forwarded to me.                             

Don't they make a striking couple!                                                               

These pictures were taken at an earlier time.

  

And here is how he proposed.  He had wrapped each

chocolate individually and all but one said "No"  Then

he had written in Chinese "Will you marry me?"

She said "Yes".  No date yet!  Maybe I'll be taking
a trip in the not too distant future!

(Check out the chocolates, ring and question)

I simply couldn't have wished, hoped or asked
for a better Valentine's Gift!