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She Said Yes
This year I will be involved in the biggest production of my life…helping plan my wedding to Micol. We met Memorial Weekend 2000 at the party of a mutual friend. We were 17. It must have been fate, because we weren't supposed to be there. Through a series of really crazy events, we both ended up at Lake Eufaula at this party. I fell in love with her the minute she walked in door. By the end of the night we had really hit it off.
Micol went home that night and told her mother all about me, but said she would probably never see or hear from me again, because I didn't ask for her phone number. I could have kicked myself for that one! I left town immediately to start shooting a project. When I got back I just had to find out how to get in touch with her. I called everyone I could think of who might know the people she knew. Finally, I got her number. When I called her cell, she was on a date with another guy. I thought that was it. You win some and lose some. But, to my surprise, after her date she called me back and we arranged to meet again to get to know each other better.
Micol had to come to my house for our first date because I had to conduct a phone interview for a teen magazine that night. She sat with me in the hammock in front of my house while I did the interview and found out everything about me by the time the interview was over. Then we ordered a pizza, rented a movie and just talked all night long. I remember telling my mom that I thought I was in love. She said, "Well son, does she feel the same way?" I said, "I think so". Mom said, "Just make sure she loves you for who you are and not what you are." I told her, "I planned on making sure Micol found out what I was all about and that she loved me for me, not because of what I did", and she does.
Our first summer together was awesome, but my work picked up in the fall and I was gone a lot. That's when I made a really stupid decision. I decided that it wasn't fair to her to be stuck in Oklahoma alone with no one to take her to football games or dances and senior events, so I broke up with her and it broke her heart. Somehow, we got lucky and found our way back to each other the next summer. When I had to go off to work again, I gave her a sapphire and diamond ring as a promise from me to her that I would love her no matter what. Everything looked good again. I loved her so much.
Then that fall, Micol decided she needed to do the whole college freshman thing and be free to date and experience her first year of college. That pretty much killed me. We tried to be friends but it was too hard on both of us. I worked non-stop doing Dangerous Child, Ring of Endless Light, Halloween and then I booked Veritas. When I was in Montreal shooting the Veritas pilot I missed her so much. Every time Micol would call it would kill me. I finally asked her to stop calling. That's when she realized just how much she missed me and how special what we had together was. Our friendship and the way we talked with each other and helped each other through the good and bad times just seemed so right for both of us. When I got home in the spring, we managed to get back together for the best time of our lives. We had both arrived at the same place in our relationship. We knew what we wanted, and it was each other. In the fall of 2002, I headed off to Toronto to shoot Veritas for seven months.
Before I left I made a commitment to Micol. I remembered that my mom had a ring that used to be my grandmothers. It was the antique platinum engagement ring that my grandfather had given to my grandmother. I asked her if I could give it to Micol as a commitment to her and to let her know I would marry her someday. My grandmother agreed and I had it cleaned up and sized to fit her. I gave it to Micol just before I left for Toronto. By New Year's 2003, I proposed and replaced that little antique ring with the real deal, a 1 ½ carat, round cut, octillion solitaire diamond, set in platinum. The perfect ring for the perfect girl! Now she wears them both.
I know you are dying to know how I proposed, so here's the scoop. Micol and my whole family had come to Toronto in November for Thanksgiving and we put up our first tree together. Before I left to come home for Christmas, I had added a special touch to the tree. I knew I had to get right back to Toronto after Christmas and that Micol would be coming back with me. I made a special ornament, shaped like a heart, all lit up with colored lights. In the center, in glitter it said, "Marry Me Micol". When we got back to the apartment, I had her go around the other side of the tree to plug in the tree lights and then asked her to take a look at this new ornament I had added to the tree. When she came around the tree, I was down on one knee under the tree with the ring in my hand and Micol was blinded by the ornament lights, the glitter and the sparkle of her ring. That was a year ago. Sorry for not telling you sooner, but a guy needs some secrets.
This summer we set a date and our family and friends joined us for an engagement pool party hosted by Micol's parents. Micol and I will get married on June 25, 2004 in Oklahoma City, at Oklahoma's newest premiere wedding facility, The Walnut Creek Chapel. Stay tuned for more wedding details in the April newsletter and don't miss the exclusive up close and personal look at our wedding photos in the July newsletter.
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