Marriage Proposal

When Jasmine and I first started dating I knew she was the one. However, it wasn’t until the beautiful day of March 8 2014 that I started planning our engagement. I had just got my haircut from my barber Mone of about 16 years and like always not only did I leave with a fresh cut but a little wiser. I was driving down highway 78 and something came over me and I felt like it was time. I remember Jasmine was upset with me about something that she felt I did wrong and of course I felt like she was overreacting so I wasn’t that happy with her either. I told myself if I could be this upset with someone and marrying them still crossed my mind then she had to be the one. After going to a few jewelry stores I found the ring that I thought was “the one”. Before I finalized my decision I consulted with a few people that I felt would give me the best advice. So, thank you to my mom, Janean, Woodrow, Chris, TJ and Ashlei. After purchasing the ring of course it had to be resized and that’s where Macy came in. She was able to get Jasmine's ring size without her suspecting a thing. A few days later Jasmine put a wrench in the entire plan. She told me that the Falcons ring that she had on that Macy got her size from only fits her middle finger. So after about 3 arguments from me trying to indirectly get her ring size and her never answering whether it was size 5 or 4.75 I finally just went with the larger size. While the ring was getting sized I went into planning mode. I knew Jasmine wanted a big engagement party and I was determined to give it to her. I figured the day after my birthday April 12 was the perfect date. I could plan a big party undercover of my birthday but the day would actual be for my little lady. Unfortunately, other things came in the way. I received a promotion and within a week I was now in Savannah, GA. Even though I was still planning, it became more and more evident that living 4 hours away was going to make this huge engagement impossible. So I held the ring for about 4 months before I “popped the question”. Jasmine had come down to Savannah for the weekend and I was thinking it was now or never. I knew the football season would be starting soon and school was back in session,  meaning I would see her less. I didn’t want to go even longer with Jasmine not knowing I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. So that night once again, I don’t remember why but Jasmine was upset with me about something and of course I didn’t think I was wrong so I wasn’t that happy with her either. However, in the midst of being upset I still felt like I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. Now being in Savannah, there was really no place that resonated as "our spot" except our home. On this day, we would make new memories! Whether we are in Atlanta, Savannah, or anywhere else that life takes us, the one place that I will want to be is waking up next to my little lady. That morning, I got down on one knee and asked Jasmine to marry me! We then got dressed and I spent the day recreating all of our "uncompleted dates" Savannah-style. Jasmine loves to paint pottery, and we never finished paiting the pottery from our first date. We used this time to create engagement announcement mugs. We then went to dinner on River Street overlooking the historic beauty of Savannah where Jasmine fell in love with the pianist so we lingered around a tad longer than anticipated. Lastly, we walked River Street proceeding to make our own fun and enjoyed each other's company.