Somewhere Pretty, Something Sweet

Somewhere Pretty, Something Sweet

• Jan 15, 2013

I’ve had a love affair with bridges for a long time. Ever since the Anne of Green Gables movie set the standard for me, I’ve adored the romance of a beautiful bridge. In the movie, Gilbert tells Anne, “It’ll be three years before I finish medical school, and even then there won’t be any diamond sunbursts or marble halls. Anne replies, a woman in love, “I don’t want diamond sunbursts or marble halls. I just want you.” That moment sealed it for me – good things happen on bridges.

I’m not a girl who wants grand romantic gestures. I may like reading about them, but I don’t necessarily want them in real life. No rose petal trails or hot air balloons for me. I always joked with the handsome one about my obsession with bridges. And I’d tease: “Take me somewhere pretty, tell me something sweet, and I’ll be yours forever.”

So I was both surprised and smitten two years ago today when he took me to Tallulah Falls. I thought we were just going to spend the day outside. We’d just had several days of snowfall (basically unheard of in Georgia), so it was a winter wonderland walking through the woods. Then, on a bridge overlooking a waterfall, with the sun just beginning to melt the snow on the ground, he asked me to spend the rest of my life as his wife.

For the life of me, I can’t remember what he said. He does, however, like to joke about the fact that I looked at the ring and asked, “For me?” And when I realized it was the ring I’d been dreaming about for years, it made the moment all the sweeter. I should probably note that he wouldn’t actually let me take the ring out of the box while we were on a bridge. Thank goodness. My clumsy fingers didn’t need to be clutching a diamond while standing over a body of water!

We got married just six months later, and the last year and a half has been even better than I could have imagined. From buying a home to adopting a puppy (and one day having babies!), there is no one I’d rather go through life with than him.