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We made Pop-Corn that night...
The ring came in just in time...
Joshua Proposed, and Anna said yes...but they did not tell us at the time...
...but we would have had to have been stupid to not know...
...we had to wait 2 days before Joshua told us, and he told us that we could NOT tell anyone.
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Then we all said goodbye, and on April 17th he was off to Italy... 
Then they married by proxy on July 5th, 2012...and we still could not tell anyone that they were engaged, let alone married...but anyone with eyes could see by this photo that was promptly posted, that Anna's ring is telling on them! (I confess, I can't stand seemingly needless secrecy, so I ended up telling the Postmistress and one other trusted friend.)
Anna seems to be a sweet girl, and her parents are really nice!
I now have a little sister. Welcome to the family, Anna! =)
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Yet, somehow it makes me sad...I feel like
Kathleen Kelly (You've Got Mail"), "my store is closing...and I feel like my mother has
died all over again..." I know that I did not lose Joshua to Anna. I
lost Joshua to Cleburne, TX in October, 2005. Or maybe before.
"...Goodnight dear void."
6 comments:
Do not feel too bad dear sis, I was not evan told that they got a ring! (Just a bit upset here myself!)
We were told they were "betrothed" in April, but somehow we thought that all the family, on both sides, would have been able to share in their nuptials at a future date. We are sad, too, that we(again) were not included.
We hope this is truly in God's will..we wish them well. As former AF families, it will not be easy, will be very dear, and trying.
Clint won't talk to them for a year because he wasn't invited... HA! Good on ya Joshua! love the Claddagh!!!
Well, we weren't supposed to tell anyone....that was irritating, for Adrienne especially. At least Joshua called and told me on July 5th when it was final. We were expecting to hear that the proxy paperwork went through, so it wasn't a surprise to us....we'd been in on the getting required documents, etc. to prepare for that. They were engaged since her second visit that weekend before he left. It really all happened in two weeks time...quite exciting. Some of us suggested they marry BEFORE he left...it would have been much easier in dealing with the Air Force.... It's really exciting to see how God brought all this together...Anna's parents came for dinner and we had a nice visit a couple of weeks ago....
Hmmmmm that's all I got to say
No matter how it was played out, we pray that all families involved will be blessed and loved. Congratulations!
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