It was dark as we drove up to the La Verkin overlook on Saturday morning. Our headlights cut through the dark in front of us, startling a couple making out. Within a few minutes of us being there, they had driven off, annoyed that we'd interrupted them. Sorry, not sorry.
We climbed out of the car, wrapped in a blanket, only to be pushed back into the car by the wind. My mood wasn't deflated, and we simply wrapped ourselves up in the back seat instead, waiting, as the sky gradually got lighter.
We talked and laughed and cuddled, his cold toes pressed against my legs. We both wore our fuzziest pajamas, his blue with stars, mine black with polka dots.
I didn't want to forget a single moment.
As the sun rose over the horizon, and the sky exploded into hues of pink and orange, Seth looked down at me and smiled. "So..." he started, diverting my attention from the marvelous sky to the marvelous guy I'd been dating for the past month. "We've had a lot of fun in the last month. I really enjoy spending time with you. And I think I'd like to only date you...and we don't have to put a label on it, we don't have to call it anything, if you don't want to. But I want to know that you're only with me." He looked down at me tentatively, not sure how I'd respond. A smile slowly spread across my face as I responded, "Does this mean I get to call you my boyfriend?" He laughed and kissed me, in response.
"Yes, you can call me your boyfriend."
My teeth touched his lips as he kissed me, my smile too big for me to kiss him back properly.
That was a year ago, October 11, 2014. We'd spent the previous month testing the waters, seeing if we wanted to make this a real thing. I remember getting jealous every time he mentioned another girl, whenever he hung out with another girl, and I know that he reciprocated those feelings towards me and other young men.
We drove down that hill later, as the sun shone, warming everything up, and I held his hand, an impossibly large smile on my face. Ha. He was mine.
That was a year ago. Exactly a year ago. Today, it's October 11, 2015. This morning we woke up and drove to the Sandy Amphitheater park, overlooking the city we live in, as we watched the sunrise. Coincidentally, this is the same place that he proposed to me.
I reflect over the last year I've had with this man, a year of adventures, a year of love,, and a year of many "yes"s.
Yes, I'll go on a date with you.
Yes, I'll be your girlfriend.
Yes, I'll wait for you on your mission.
Yes, I still want to date you.
Yes, I'll marry you.
Yes, I do.
I am so in love with this man, this man that is mine.
Our future is full of other yes's, other sunrises, other adventures.
I couldn't be more grateful for the experiences we've had, and I'm excited for all the experiences in our future.
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