A Legendary Legacy

Jamie Jolina, will you marry me?

I have never felt this way before. A myriad of emotions are swirling within, threatening to rupture my thinly spread composure.

I know I can do this…

After all, this is exactly what I have been seeking in life, isn’t it?

I express my love to Jamie for her. I tell her she is irresistible, that I wish for her to be in my arms forever. Her beauty and elegance exhilarates me. I cherish her graceful spirit. I feel we can share anything with each other in complete trust. The compassion in her eyes tells me this.

For the rest of my life I will be vowing to love and honour Jamie. What uncertainties will we face? What trials may come? I may be rushing into marriage in a futile effort to forget past regrets. Jamie may reveal me as nothing but lacklustre, leaving her jaded and disillusioned; another desperate housewife. I wish now that I could fade off like the shadow I had once feared I might become.

Jamie is a princess. A beloved treasure embraced by my heart. I tell her that I will always care for her as such; that I will bring her the happiness she deserves to have in her life; all to see her smile and to have her as my wife.

I’ve heard it said that nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. The life expectancy of a marriage is approximately 7 years. If Jamie and I have children, they may grow up not knowing me. The world is already reeling with souls struck by the misery of broken homes. I am one. My stomach turns as it attempts to devour me in anguish.

Holding back tears of elation, Jamie accepts my proposal. She radiates with joy. I am warmed by her jubilation like the beaming noonday sun is upon me. Jamie is bedazzled by the glittering brilliance of the engagement ring that sizzled through my savings to obtain. But right now money means nothing. Jamie is happy; and because of me.

I know I can do this…

I, Jack, take you, Jamie, to be my wedded wife,
With deepest joy I receive you into my life that together we may be as one,
To have and to hold,
In sickness and in health,
For richer or for poorer,
And I promise my love to you forevermore.

To be continued…

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