She said yes before I could even ask and then in a flash she was in her wedding dress bouquet ready to go to the altar and I couldn’t believe it the grace the faith the magic the love the moment the truth of eternal joy and forever and beauty beyond compare the voice so shrill yet sweet that I could never ever want to be without the softness of the skin the warmth of the touch the beauty of the fingernails and makeup and hair the early morning joy of cooking the late evening joy of sitting on the deck looking out across the field tremendous tremendous tremendous she said yes before I could even ask