My son does have a little bit of romance in his bones.  Recently he and his girlfriend went to Europe on vacation. First my son has been wanting to go to Germany forever. And to see the Neuschwanstein Castle was like the ultimate.  They went to visit a friend in Amsterdam, then went to Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. (Oh and the flew in and out of Stockholm).  I haven’t seen all the pictures yet, but they are working on them!  In their defense they have only been back from vacation for like 2 days.

And let me say how proud I am of myself for keeping this a secret as long as I did! I mean from the time he told me he was going to propose…to buying the ring…I said nothing!  See…I can keep a secret!  (MONTHS!!!!!!)

So they rode bikes up to the castle and he proposed to her there…right at Neuschwanstein Castle.  How freakin romantic is that!  I don’t know all the details yet.  I’m just so stinking excited about the whole thing.  I mean ever since he was little I would drill things into his head.  And when it came to it, he actually listened to me.  I think that’s what gets me more than anything with this.  A little more validation that he did listen to all my talking over the years.  I’m so glad he has done everything right up to this point. Makes a mother proud.

The only thing I ever wanted for my son was for him to be able to be a productive member of society and to respect people…especially the person he was going to choose to spend the rest of his life with. It makes me happy that he respects her. It makes all the horrible things that happened in the past not so horrible.  Maybe he had to go through all that to become the man he is today.  He is strong, caring, sensitive and will make a good husband. He better or I’ll clock him!

So now to pass the torch on to his soon to be wife. I can still worry about him and miss him…and I will.  But knowing that he has someone who loves him and will take care of him and respect him makes it a little easier for me.  I want nothing but love and happiness for them both.  I think they are really good together.  They seem to bring out the best in eachother.  And I’m very happy to be gaining a daughter.