It was a seemingly typical morning in late July 2005 when I tricked her into having breakfast with me at Bruegger's in downtown St. Paul, MN. It was there that we had met in the summer of 1993, a long 12 years before. It was in that place so familiar and so special that I got down on one knee and asked her to marry me.

She said, "of course..."

Everything was suddenly calm, and we smiled like we always knew... just like they always say you just do.