Six Steps for Announcing Your Engagement

I was so excited to tell everyone that I was marrying the man of my dreams.  But, I had to keep my excitement in check to do it right.  This was one of those times I was so thankful for my Christian growth that I was not led by my feelings, but by God’s spirit and will.  If I had told people in the wrong order or the wrong way, my wedding could have been a disaster instead of the blessed amazing event that it was. Continue reading Six Steps for Announcing Your Engagement

Four Principles for Announcing Your Engagement

I am the most blessed woman on the face of the earth.  That’s what I was thinking after Dave left the night he proposed.  It doesn’t sound like the most romantic proposal but to me, it was.  I was recuperating from surgery and lying on my couch feeling lousy when he came over, got down on one knee and said, “Elizabeth Rose Buss, will you marry me?”  I started crying as he pulled a ring out of his pocket.  Obviously, I said yes. Continue reading Four Principles for Announcing Your Engagement