April here and I am going to give my point of view.

It was close to December and I was trying to figure out what I was doing for Christmas Break. I talked to Derek to find out when he wanted me to come out. He told me that he would really like for me to be there for New Years. I told him that I would go ahead and come out on December 27th, the day after my birthday.

On New Years Day we went to Barksdale AFB so he could check on a few things at the gym. From there we went to our new favorite restaurant in Shreveport/ Bossier City, Athena's Greek and Lebanese Grill. It was a wonderful dinner! After that we drove to Jefferson to see the Christmas trees that stores and people from the community had decorated. We walked around and made sure to see who trimmed each tree. Next, Derek lead me up onto the gazebo and asked me if I new what month it was.

"January?" Umm yeah I know what month it is.

"What does January mean?"

"New beginnings?"

"I want to make a new beginning with you."

At this point he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I said, "YES!"

We walked back to the Jefferson General Store and celebrated with the best cherry sodas ever!

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Wedding

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