HEY MON!!! My name is Precious and I am delighted to be planning our wedding in the beautiful Island of what many consider, "the island of one love," Jamaica. Just as I said, "Yes, yes, yes!" when he proposed, "Yes, yes, yes," we are finally tying the knot!!! My "love" and I got engaged in the summer of 2007, while on vacation in Mexico. Prior to the engagement, we had been dating for over eight years. No, you are not delusional, 8 consecutive YEARS! So yes, at this point I had already given up the idea of what in my mind would be the perfect moment for the perfect proposal. I knew it was going to happen. It was just a matter of when? After so many marvelous years, my "love" managed to capture the proposal of my dreams, and what I considered the "perfect moment."
Following our romantic dinner on the evening before my birthday, he decided he wanted to take a walk with me on the beach. As we walked alongside the Sea of Cortez, hand in hand gazing at the exceptionally clear sky, we noticed a shooting star. Before I even lost sight of the shooting star, he shouted, "LOVE, MAKE A WISH," and so I did. As we continue to walk, he unexpectedly decides he wants to sit. As we face the sea and begin to feel our bare feet curl deliciously in the cool sand, he begins to tell me that he purchased something small for my birthday but that the bigger gift awaited me in New York. I responded by saying, "aww, you didn't have to get anything for me sweetie, this trip was enough." As he caresses my face with his tender hands, he begins to express his love for me. At this point, I didn't know what to think. The setting and the mood was so surreal, that I felt as if I was sedated and taken to paradise. As we continue to embrace each other, he suddenly sit's up, reaches into his pocket, pulls out the box, gets on one knee and asks me the magic question. After quickly picking up my mouth that rapidly dropped onto his lap, I managed to say yes! Can you believe it? He granted my wish in less than an hour! It was heaven sent!
The wait was worth every minute of it. He couldn't have chosen a better time or a better setting. He did an awesome job picking out my ring, and I got exactly what I wanted.
So here we are planning our very special day. We both happened to share the idea of having a non-traditional wedding, and agreed on having a beach wedding. I wasn't sure as to how I was going to go about planning our destination wedding. I looked online for weeks, contacted several hotels, but felt extremely overwhelmed. I thought to myself, "There has to be an easier way to plan a destination wedding." It was then, when I came across destinationweddings.com! I was assigned to an awesome wedding specialist who contacted me right away. It has been a walk in the park for us ever since. Please stay tuned for my next blog. I am excited to embark on this journey and share every minute of my destination wedding experience with you all.