It’s been a while since I’ve taken a moment to write. But I’m too happy not to share my news with y’all.

Guess what? I’m officially a fiancé! 💍

October 21st, 2021 at 7:11PM I said yes to forever

The easiest yes. A thousand times yes.

Wow. Wow. Wow. I’m still speechless. It feels unreal. Like something out a movie. Never anything I thought I’d experience. I had a feeling today would be the day but nothing even close to this is what I pictured this moment would be like.

It just so happens that the day my fiancé (so amazing to call him that) proposed to me, it was also his birthday. So naturally, being the selfless person that he is, he made it all about me – about us. A day that he made sure we would never forget for the rest of our lives.

A few days before his birthday we went to the mall to get an outfit for his “Birthday dinner”. As we were walking around, looking for shoes I remember sitting down next to him and telling him yes. He looked at me and said, “Yes, what?” I said, “yes, I’ll marry you”. He laughed and asked me why I would say that and I told him I just wanted to tell him and kept shopping.

He picked out the outfit of course and said he wanted me to look the most beautiful I’ve ever looked on his birthday. I remember him really emphasizing that and it really stuck with me.

Over the next few days I felt this immense pressure to make sure I would look good on his birthday. I know for sure I had to have a fresh mani and pedi. I was also in charge of baking his cake so it was intense, I felt like a chicken with its head cut off.

I called him on his birthday and he told me to forget the cake and make sure I looked good. To give myself enough time to get all dolled up and make sure I looked my best. Nothing else mattered.

So I listened reluctantly and got my mani and pedi done. I called him again, I wanted to know how many people were going to his dinner so I can make a reservation. We’re kept going back and forth and he wouldn’t give me a straight answer. Which I also thought was strange. At this point, he had just gotten his hair cut and was headed home. He said we’d figure it out and told me once again, to make sure I gave myself enough time to get ready.

I went home and showered and that’s when it really started to hit me. “I think he’s going to propose” – I thought to myself. I was going back and forth talking to myself in the restroom. I would get really excited just thinking about it but then I would calm myself down and tell myself to not get my hopes up just in case it didn’t happen. I got emotional and started crying and honestly freaked out a little bit – in the best way. Could this really be it? Was I getting engaged?! Or was I just wishfully thinking?

I start getting ready and doing my makeup and became super nervous. The nerves started kicking in. Was he going to propose? Or was it all in my head? I was not feeling my makeup look whatsoever. I hated it. I could’ve done so much better…. My mom was rushing me. She said she didn’t want to be late- she hated being late. I told her to relax, I still had to do my hair. Tomas would rather be late and have my hair done, then be in times and my hair not look right. But i wasn’t even feeling my hair either. It was too much pressure.

After my mom continued to rush me, I just grabbed my lashes, eyeliner and lipstick and told her I’d finish getting ready on my way there. We finally managed to get out of the house and headed out to downtown. T r a f f i c. Great. I was gonna be late to my own engagement. But what if he wasn’t even going to propose? So what if we’re 5-10mins late? What difference would it make?

My mom drove there. She kept checking her phone and messaging someone. Weird. Very weird. She’s always telling me not to be on the phone while I’m driving. Yet here she was continuously grabbing her phone. As if she were updating someone. He’s definitely going to propose today. I can’t believe it.

As I’m trying to put my lashes I realize that I forgot the eyelash glue!! Oh no. I can’t get proposed to without lashes on. Lol. I start frantically looking in my car for my backup glue…. Oh no. I found one. But not the one I was looking for. It was the old, dried up glue. I start panicking again… Oh well, this will have to do. I somehow managed to get enough glue out to put the lashes on. My mom is rushing me. We’re parked and he’s already waiting on us.

“HE’S ON TIME” – I thought to myself. Not only on time but e a r l y !!! All the doubts when away. He was proposing. I knew it… I wasn’t sure whether or not to leave my purse in the car, I didn’t want it to come out in the pictures. But I couldn’t let anyone know that I knew so I took it with me lol. I get out of the car and immediately see my mom recording. I’m waking and looking down, I know that he’s proposing but don’t want to know how he’s doing it. I still wanted to feel somewhat surprised.

My sister-in-law comes up to me, tells me I look beautiful and I notice she’s recording too. At this point, I now hear the mariachis playing and my daughter says “what does that sign say?” I look up, I see the red carpet with red rose petals along the way. He’s there standing with a bouquet of red roses in front of the marry me sign. The mariachi just happens to be playing our song. It’s happening. It’s a surreal moment. I knew it was happening but i didn’t know it would make me feel like this. 🥹

“We’ve always been soulmates, we just didn’t know it yet.” ♾️ ♥️