THE BEGINNING OF
Throughout Doug’s deployment in Iraq, he spent every free moment emailing or calling Spring. Spring spent her days & nights waiting for him to contact her. Their souls were connecting in a way neither of them had ever experienced before. At one point, almost three days went by with no word from Doug. Spring began to worry about him more than ever and soon realized that she was completely falling for him. Two weeks before Doug came back to the United States, he contacted Spring and asked her to wait for him in Hawaii. She couldn’t refuse meeting the man that was constantly in her dreams. Spring said, “Yes” without hesitation.
SPRING & DOUG’S
Life began for both Doug & Spring on August 28th 2008. Doug had to stop in Ireland and Alaska before he’d ever make it to Hawaii. When Doug reached Alaska, Spring was already in Hawaii. They were anxious, nervous and excited about their very first meeting. It was late at night in Hawaii and Spring was impatiently waiting in the hanger at MCBH. It seemed like it took forever, but finally… the plane had arrived! One by one, each marine stepped off of the plane and onto US ground. To Spring, it seemed like he was the last Marine off of the plane. They couldn’t see each other until Doug broke through the crowd and they were standing face to face. Spring stood there with tears swelling her eyes. At that moment they both knew that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together.
Only two days later, Doug and Spring ended up at a jewelry store. The jewelry store was extraordinary. Customers could pick out an oyster and customize a piece of jewelry with the pearl that was found inside. Doug decided to pick out an oyster for Spring. The oyster he chose contained a very rare pearl. Spring was amazed with the beauty of the pearl Doug had picked out. Pearls have a very special meaning to Spring. He then had the pearl put on a white gold band centering two diamonds. Doug wouldn’t let Spring have the ring immediately. Spring realized that this wasn’t just any ring… it was THE ring.
Very excited, Spring could hardly wait for him to pop the question. She knew that he was going to ask, but what she didn’t know was when he would ask. To her surprise, it happened way sooner than she ever expected. The next day, Spring was getting ready to go out with Doug and his friends. She was sitting down in a chair right in front of the mirror in the hotel room. Doug got down on one knee and Spring looked at him with loving eyes. He pulled out the box with the ring inside and said “Please say yes”. Spring was in complete shock despite the fact that she knew it was coming. She was speechless. Doug then said, “Or let me sweat it out”. With a small giggle, Spring finally replied, “Yes!!!” Spring and Doug both knew, without a doubt that their love was going to last forever.
Evening fell and the newly engaged couple went out to Waikiki. Spring was introduced as his fiancé for the very first time. They were both gleaming with happiness and everyone could see. After they told their family & friends the news, Spring & Doug decided that they would be married in the place that it all began… Oahu, Hawaii on November 1st 2008.
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