So, this is what I''m thinking for proposing. But, here''s the background first:
There is a book, by Robert Munsch called "I''ll Love you Forever". For those that don''t know it, it''s a kids book that goes thru the life of a mother and her son. (You can find the words to the book here: http://www.rogerknapp.com/inspire/loveforever.htm) Each page ends with the words:
"I''ll love you forever,
I''ll like you for always,
As long as I''m living
my baby you''ll be."
The son gets older, his mother keeps singing that to him, until a point where she gets too old, and he gently rocks her back and forth and sings it in with revised wording "As long as I''m living, my mother you''ll be". At the very end, he sings the same phrase to his own baby daughter.
So, long and short, it''s a cute, sappy story. My girlfriend loves the author, and can''t wait for us to have kids to give them the books. So, this is my idea...
I want to insert a new page in the book, probably at the point in the book after the son leaves home. I will have an artist friend of mine draw up something similar to the pages in the book, with standing behind her, holding her close. I even thought about getting the author of the book to sign at the end, wishing a happy life and all the best (or something like that).
For the wording, I was thinking something like this:
"Well, the son aged and grew, and met a girl who captured his heart. She was everything he had ever dreamed of, and he didn''t know love could exist so strong. She was his everything and he knew that he didn’t ever want a moment apart.
Holding her close, with his arms wrapped around her, he quietly sang to her:
I''ll love you forever,
I''ll like you for always,
As long as I''m living
My Love you''ll be.
Holding back the tear of joy in his eye, he knelt down on one knee, and asked,
“*Insert name here*, will you marry me?” "
(Sorry for the "Insert name here". I''m just cautious if she or one of her friends sees this or something...)
I was thinking about buying her the book ''just for fun, because I saw it'' and read it together with her. So, at the same time she finishes the page, I''d kneel down and propse to her myself.
Anyway, I thought this would be a cute way of doing it, as it''s something that can easily be picked up again and again and relived. Not to mention, reading the story to our children when we put them down to bed.
So, any thoughts on this? Good, bad? Too sappy? Too cheesy? Better wording maybe?
Thanks!
There is a book, by Robert Munsch called "I''ll Love you Forever". For those that don''t know it, it''s a kids book that goes thru the life of a mother and her son. (You can find the words to the book here: http://www.rogerknapp.com/inspire/loveforever.htm) Each page ends with the words:
"I''ll love you forever,
I''ll like you for always,
As long as I''m living
my baby you''ll be."
The son gets older, his mother keeps singing that to him, until a point where she gets too old, and he gently rocks her back and forth and sings it in with revised wording "As long as I''m living, my mother you''ll be". At the very end, he sings the same phrase to his own baby daughter.
So, long and short, it''s a cute, sappy story. My girlfriend loves the author, and can''t wait for us to have kids to give them the books. So, this is my idea...
I want to insert a new page in the book, probably at the point in the book after the son leaves home. I will have an artist friend of mine draw up something similar to the pages in the book, with standing behind her, holding her close. I even thought about getting the author of the book to sign at the end, wishing a happy life and all the best (or something like that).
For the wording, I was thinking something like this:
"Well, the son aged and grew, and met a girl who captured his heart. She was everything he had ever dreamed of, and he didn''t know love could exist so strong. She was his everything and he knew that he didn’t ever want a moment apart.
Holding her close, with his arms wrapped around her, he quietly sang to her:
I''ll love you forever,
I''ll like you for always,
As long as I''m living
My Love you''ll be.
Holding back the tear of joy in his eye, he knelt down on one knee, and asked,
“*Insert name here*, will you marry me?” "
(Sorry for the "Insert name here". I''m just cautious if she or one of her friends sees this or something...)
I was thinking about buying her the book ''just for fun, because I saw it'' and read it together with her. So, at the same time she finishes the page, I''d kneel down and propse to her myself.
Anyway, I thought this would be a cute way of doing it, as it''s something that can easily be picked up again and again and relived. Not to mention, reading the story to our children when we put them down to bed.
So, any thoughts on this? Good, bad? Too sappy? Too cheesy? Better wording maybe?
Thanks!
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