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📩 Letter #47: Till death do us part

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The beauty of love, commitment, and a fast decision.

Dear Kate, I’m engaged. Three months after our first date, he bent down on one knee with a small box. We were alone, on a quiet beach. He held out a ring: his grandmother’s diamond reset in a thin gold band. I said yes. It wasn’t impulsive, it was planned. It felt serious and joyful, somber and celebratory, nerve-wracking and full of certainty, all at the same time. Some will be shocked. Three months? Are they nuts? Maybe. But it’s a beautiful thing to choose and to be chosen. It’s something our culture feels so disconnected from—the deep joy of making permanent decisions. I’m not…

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