I know I haven't been around lately. So sorry! So busy ... as you will see.

Thomas asked me to marry him last night!

We took a walk about 9 p.m. to a small park near my apartment. We were looking up at the stars, holding hands and watching the fireflies. Then I saw a shooting star.

The next thing I know, he is down on one knee. "I love you with all my heart," he said, with tears in his eyes. "Will you marry me?"

Of course I said yes through my own tears and he put the most beautiful ring on my finger.

How quickly and wonderfully our lives can change. The struggles of 2006 are virtually forgotten, and now I know they had a purpose because it is only because of that string of events that I met Thomas.

Wonder if we can go mountain biking on our honeymoon.