Storybook Proposal

Here’s what the groom had to say: To propose to my girlfriend, I wrote this book about our relationship, had it illustrated, and printed. I had her stumble across it at the library and read it to me. When she got to the right page I got on my knee and asked if she would marry me. She never saw it coming…

There once was a gorilla
That fell for a giraffe.
She surprised him by how much
She could make him laugh.

The two, you see,
Were from different worlds
Their first date, so nervous,
He’d certainly hurl.

n spite of their differences,
It was love at first sight.
His feelings grew quickly,
His heart took to flight.

The gorilla, his life,
Unpolished and scattered
Now refined and focused
On those things that matter.

There were simply no words
For how lucky he’d gotten.
Without her by his side
Life would surely be rotten.

It’s hard to believe
Just how happy they were.
He could not imagine
Even one day without her

He felt his heart beating
Right out of his chest.
He could do nothing but wait
And hope she’d say YES.

When she finally answered
He could not stop grinning
Because he knew, in his heart,
This was just The Beginning!

Illustrations by Yoni Limor // Photos by Laura Ingram