Union gives strength.
Aesop

So as is par for the course I have been lousy about updating this here ol’ blog. It has been almost a month since my last post where I promised an update about the amazing baby shower that was thrown for us. Plus in this past month I have all sorts of Matte news and pictures to share. But this here post will focus on neither. Nope, not this time. Instead, I am going to point the spotlight on a big chunk of news that has happened in my life.

It all started a little over a year ago when I met someone special. It was one of those things where I just was not really looking and there she appeared. Over this past year there has been many ups and downs for the both of us. Many words were said, both good and bad…however, I am of the belief that what does not kill us only makes us stronger. In the past couple of months I had found that I could just not get enough of this someone special. She was making me happy in everything that she did and said. I came to know even more about her inside and out. When I was not with her I was thinking about her and wanting to be with her. Waking up without her smile was just not of value to me any longer.

As far back as I can remember I always thought that the hardest thing in life I could ever do was to ask someone to marry me. However, it occurred to me that with this someone special it was the easiest thing I could ever do.

On Friday night, October 19th, I asked my one true love Gina to marry me.

To my delight she replied with a resounding yes!

I know that there is a long road ahead of us, but this is a road that I have nothing but great delight in traveling down.

I got gaps; you got gaps; we fill each other’s gaps.
Rocky