Will you marry me?

Someone once told me that a relationship is made up of two whole individuals, not partners seeking to be made complete by each other. When CLN (my dear fiance) came, I wasn't whole yet; I was a work in progress. I have gone through a lot of pain, resentment and bitterness, but I prayed for God to make me whole again and to let me rise anew. He, too, was a work in progress, dealing with his own battles. So we individually worked on a better version of ourselves. Hence, even in one's brokenness, one deserves to be loved and to love wholly. In our case, we may still be not the best, but we have become definitely better--by learning and growing together.

Over the years...he loves me in whatever hairstyle or size I come

"Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who pray while waiting." When CLN and I met, I did not pray for God to make him my future husband. Instead I prayed for God to make me the kind of wife that my future husband would like to marry someday.

2.14.14--Three years later, CLN popped the question, much to my joy and surprise, perhaps because I couldn't believe that the moment has finally come. I may still be a work in progress towards becoming the wife deserving of the husband that the Lord has reserved for me, but my heart rejoices in the fact that the Lord indeed makes everything beautiful in His time. I couldn't ask for a better proposal than one done inside the Church. On Valentine's Day. With a rose and a ring and a beautiful smile from my husband-to-be. Just like how CLN proposed to me.

The rose with a special surprise inside

I'm glad I stopped searching for my prince charming and allowed God to work, because love found me when I started looking inward instead of outward; when I stopped looking for what is missing and started being grateful for what I have; when I stopped throwing questions and doubts and instead started trusting in His ways.

CLN & KFC always and forever

Thank you, Lord, for blessing me with more than I deserve. I say YES with much pride and gratitude to the man that You have wonderfully made for me. Yes na yes!

Braving the eight-hour time difference

Thank God for online flight monitors! Just as I confirmed via internet that their plane has finally arrived in Heathrow, dearest fiance also sent sms that they are already in London.

What used to be a seven-hour time difference has stretched to eight hours of living in different time zones. Yet as we have so successfully done before, we are ready to brave once again this LDR. Because distance doesn't matter for someone who matters most.

This is me looking like a daughter clinging to her dad. Haha!

Dear fiance has been insistent that tears shouldn't be shed on the day of his flight. But who's crying, anyway? We are, in fact, full of happiness because we know that we are taking another huge step into making our dreams come true.

As we turn a new page in our journey to forever, we are assured that God is with us every step of the way. Our heart is at peace knowing that the Lord makes everything beautiful in its time. And I thank Him every day for giving me a man whose strength lies in his unwavering faith in The Most High. Cheers!