Starr's Story

​I had only told a few people that I was thinking about proposing to Kayla. A few weeks before I had asked Soni what she thought about me asking Kayla to marry me. She was really excited and said that she would love it. I had been pushing around a few ideas of how I wanted to ask her because I wanted it to be special. I had been looking at rings for about a year and couldn't seem to find the perfect one. I had narrowed my pick down to three rings and I asked my close friends which one they would pick. After I really thought about it, I picked out the ring I wanted to get and ordered it. When the ring arrived, I couldn't wait. I was planning on waiting for a few weeks to propose, but after I got the ring, I knew I would never be able to wait. The next day, I talked to my friend and she said, just do it, it will be perfect because you ARE DOING it. On my way home, I texted my mom and told her I was going to do it as soon as I got home. I texted Soni to let her know what was going on too. I called Kayla and asked her if she wanted to go for a walk when I got home. She said yes and all the plans were falling into place. I was so nervous but I got home and tried to act like nothing was up. I had the ring box in my pocket and waited for her to get ready. We left the house and I told her that I wanted to walk a different way than normal. She seemed confused by it but agreed to. We walked into the horse pasture and toward the spot where I wanted to do it. The horses were right up in our faces and Kayla was trying to rush to get out of the pasture. I was stalling and taking my time trying to get the horses to leave so I could get down on one knee. I kept walking further and further to the edge of the hill and Kayla was trying to walk up the hill to get to the exit of the pasture. I kept telling her to come over to where I was and she kept saying no. I finally got her to come over to where I was and I told her to close her eyes because I had a surprise. She closed her eyes and I got down on one knee and told her to open her eyes. She did and I was standing there, knelt down, with the ring out. I said, "Will you marry me?". She looked at me very shocked and said, "Are you kidding?". I started laughing and she started crying and said yes! We left the pasture and she started jumping up and down yelling, "I am engaged, I am engaged". We continued on our walk and started planning and daydreaming about the rest of forever.