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‘Tis the Season | Historic Charleston Proposal

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Back in July, while I was on vacation with twenty family members in Ormond Beach, Florida, I came in from the beach to make a juicy tomato sandwich and got a call from Russell in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was planning a special getaway weekend, which a historic Charleston proposal to his girlfriend Michelle! I was happy to collude with him on the details and plot our meeting during a bustling afternoon along the Charleston waterfront. Since we’d never met and I needed to be stealthy, we told each other what colors we’d be wearing so we could know that we were in the right place before he dropped to one knee.

Funny thing — he decided to wear something else, so I was looking through the crowds and trying to minimize suspicious texting. Once we spotted each other, I followed them out to the pier by Waterfront Park. It was a gorgeous day, and the park was packed with visitors, some of whom, like Russ and Michelle, were visiting Charleston for the first time. If I’d had another pair of hands, I would have made a video of everyone cheering when they realized that Russell was proposing. It was so sweet to hear strangers applauding and cheering! As it is, I took some photos to document the afternoon of their historic Charleston proposal. Cheers, y’all!

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