A real beautiful story

Dav describes it best. I had known there was something in the works, but I had no idea it was this personal and this beautiful, and involved so many! I am one lucky woman with a beautiful husband.

He presented it to me today, got on his knees when I got to the last page, and proposed to me. I can't say yes enough.

Comments

[mieko]

Yes, you're the luckiest woman in the world!
How sweet Dav is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your marriage is really wonderful.

[Lilia Ahner]

Wow, you are sooooooooo lucky! Dav's effort shows true devotion and love. I'm truly very impressed! :)

[Leslie Saito]

*delurking*
That is SUCH a BEAUTIFUL book -- the sentiment and thoughtfulness behind it all is equally as beautiful. You are one lucky gal!

[jessafire]

Dear Dav and Mie,

I'm so sorry that I couldn't be with you tonight to celebrate your beautiful union. Not everyone can say that they got to watch your connection grow from the first time you met. In fact, not everyone got lucky enough to go on your first 3 "dates" with the two of you. At his own ceremony my friend spoke on impossible love which shows all of the events that had to fall into place because you were meant to find each other.

In order for the two of you to meet, Dav had to have been kicked out of the first 2 places he tried to camp at Burning Man so he ended up right where Campalicious was going to set up that year. And Mie had to have her spunky spirit motivate her to travel solo from Japan to Black Rock City, Nevada to find her way back to our camp. In the words of Khalil Gibran:

"And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself. "

I have to admit, I was tempted to add a little excerpt from "The Prophet" "On Marriage" because I think it best sums up what every couple should practice on a daily basis, but instead decided to share a less frequently known passage (perhaps it was because Mie looked a bit like a flower garden when she went off to be wed):

"....Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower,
But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.
For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life,
And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love,
And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
... be in your pleasures like the flowers and the bees. "

(--FROM "ON PLEASURE," "THE PROPHET," BY KHALIL GIBRAN)

You two make sense to me like the flower and the bee.
I wish you all the happiness in the world.

Love and nectar,

Jessafire

"I have found that you do have only to take that one step toward the gods, and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step of the journey, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will be supported." --Joseph Campbell

[Wakame the Princess]

Thank you everyone. This is quite special to be able to share this wonderful moment. We are so blessed!

Jessica,
We really missed you, but having your loving and supportive words meant a lot. I'm so honored that you have been there witnessing us from the very beginning...and encouraging us to take each step forward. Thank you for helping us along! I will treasure your words and refer back to them from time to time to bring myself back to this very special moment. Hugs!!

Mie

[Ele]

I just LOVE IT!!! Just precious. I'm so glad it came through! Just think Mie- how long that has been in the works! And you had no idea! :)

[luckyjuju]

Oh Mie,
I'm so happy for you. That is just beautiful. I know your children will treasure it. What a romantic procrastinator you have to share you're life with. I wish you both a magical life together. I'm sorry that Pete and I couldn't be with you in person to celebrate your marriage, but please know that we do celebrate you and your marriage.
Many many blessings to you both.