“Yesterday’s, was nothing compared
to the love I have for you today, Beth,
or the love I’ll have tomorrow, or all 
the tomorrows forever after.”          
     I took her other hand, “Beth, will
you marry me?”                         
     Beth looked shocked, and then     
finally said with tears in her eyes,   
“Wow!” and then quickly added, “Wait a 
minute. That sounds a little familiar. 
Isn't that from that TV show...”       
     She stopped herself, and instead, 
squeezed my hands, “of course, I'll    
marry you, and not just because I love 
you, but because without you, my life  
would be just one long boring trip     
around the sun, year after dreary year.
     “I'm blessed, and I want to spend 
the rest of my life thanking you for it
and returning your love twice fold.”   
*      It was my turn to choke up a        
little, “Wow!” after we stopped kissing
and hugging.                           
     “That guy on TV did a better job, 
Crim. Not criticizing, just saying,”   
Beth whispered to me, while we were    
hugging.                               
     “I did paraphrase a little,” I    
whispered back.                        
     When we let go, she had tears, and
I probably also did, but I didn't want 
to check, because that would’ve been a 
dead giveaway.                         
     By then, Mouse and Rhonda were    
both crying and hugging Beth. I grabbed
her hand and put a ring on the right   
finger, I think, and she put one on    
mine.                                  



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