Page 61 of Day One
I look into his eyes, and he’s right. It’s the perfect ornament, and it tells our story together in only a way it could.
I rise to my tippy toes to kiss him. “That’s sweet. Thank you.”
“You don’t like it?” he asks.
“No, I love it. Look, I’m going to place it right here, so when everyone comes over, it’ll be the first ornament they see.”
I hang it on the tree, and when I flip around again to face him, he’s on one knee, holding up a diamond ring.
“Were you expecting this instead?”
My hands instantly cover my mouth as a squeal escapes my lips.
“Sharee?”
I jump into his arms. “Yes, yes, yes, Drew!” I cheer.
He laughs. “But I haven’t asked you anything yet.”
“Oh, yeah, sorry.” I wrap my arms around his neck, staying on his lap. “Continue.” I try to act as serious as possible.
He softly kisses my lips, and then he takes a deep breath before trying again. “You came into my life in the most uncertain time, yet everything about you was filled with certainty. You made dark times bright, and you have filled my life with everything I thought was missing. Seeing you at my games with my jersey on, your hair in pigtails, and more orange than the fruit itself covering your entire body made me proud to call you mine. I want to see if you’ll make Miller your last name, too, so the jersey is as true as it can possibly be. Sharee, will you marry me?”
“Yes, yes, yes!” I scream and lean in to kiss him.
“It’s okay if you need to think about it a little,” he says through his chuckles.
“Oh, stop. I’m going to be the best WAG now because everyone knows the wives mean the most, and everyone will know I’m yours.”
He pulls back to look me in the eyes. “Of that, I have no doubt!”
July 14, 2021
Drew was voted to be on the MLB All-Star team, and this week has been a whirlwind of events, parties, and more. Seeing him living his dream is the best part of being his wife.
We were married in a small wedding on March 27, a year to the day from when he messaged me on Tinder. Yes, it was during spring training, but the day meant more to us than having some big event.
Our wedding was perfect for us with only our families and a few close friends in attendance. And, yes, we had toilet paper rolls lining the aisle as I headed toward the most amazing man I’d ever met, waiting there to make me his wife.
I have one more surprise for him, and I figure being here, where he’s living his dream, is the best place to tell him.
The store at the stadium sells jerseys of every player, and while he’s warming up, I make my way there to buy exactly what I’m looking for.
We have a ritual where, before every game starts, he comes up to me in the stands and leans through the net to give me a kiss. It makes it interesting to kiss through the nets, but we don’t care.
We’ve been covered on pretty much every news station, and we’ve had more fans ooh and aah than I can remember. It’s my favorite part of being in his life.
As he heads toward me, I reach for my bag and hold up what I bought.
I watch as what I’m doing computes in his head. I take the tiny jersey that saysMiller #24across the back and place it to my stomach. That’s when it hits him.
His eyes widen, and a huge smile grows across his face as he runs the remainder of the way to me. “Is this what I think?” he asks, his face completely lit up.
I nod with the same grin on my face.
He kisses me through the net before turning and racing to where there’s no more fencing keeping him out of the stands. He jumps the small barrier, and I laugh at his antics before making my way toward him.
He squeezes past all the fans who are in shock to see him walking through the stands, having no clue what’s going on.
Fans reach out to pat him on the back as I hear him saying, “Excuse me. Sorry. I just need to get through.”
When he finally reaches me, I’m laughing so hard. He doesn’t care when he picks me up and kisses me with everyone around.
When he places me down, he takes the jersey, holding it up in the air for everyone to see, and screams, “We’re having a baby!”
The crowd erupts in cheers and clapping. Tears fall down my face as I take in his reaction. I knew he’d be happy, but I had no idea he’d be this elated.
Just like the quarantine surprised us all, Drew continues to surprise me in the most amazing way. We definitely took a bad situation and made the best of it, and now, we’ll have our own little reminder of the time in our world that no one will ever forget.
