2004-2007 at ECBC

My Engagement

March 7, 2008 Post
Many of you know that this weekend Lily and I went to Calgary to ask her parents for their blessing on our engagement. We left at 12:15 Friday morning and traveled on the 6.5 hour bus ride to Calgary in order to arrive in time for Cory's (Lily's brother) graduation ceremonies. He just graduated from the Calgary police academy. I have been nervously waiting to give them the letter that I wrote asking for their permission for Lily and I to be engaged. I guess I sort of messed up the order of things but I finally got it all straightened out. Anyhow, with everything happening with her brother on Friday Lily and I decided to put it off until Saturday. Saturday morning I woke up before everyone else at 9:00 am, quickly showered and got ready. I waited downstairs anticipating when I would give the letter to her parents. At 10:20 they finally came down stairs to go to work. I gave the letter I had Yolanda translate for me to Lily's mom and dad who were sitting at the kitchen table. First her mom read it and Lily and her parents talked a bit and then her father read it and they talked some more. I stood shaky in silence while they talked back and forth. Lily was smiling, which reassured me that things were O.K. Lily's mom was impressed with my Chinese writing. Lily's dad stood up and walked past me. He patted me on the shoulder and then Lily's parents left for work. I was a little confused and relieved that it was all over. Once Lily's parents were gone she and I embraced and she filled me in on what had transpired. I was golden. They like me, they really like me. Or at worst they will settle for a Gui Lo for a son in law. The end