Friday was a day I will remember for the rest of my life. A day I have dreamt of since I was a little girl  36   to be swept away by Prince Channing. That day the world could have stopped turning and it wouldn' t have   37   at all.

     Friday night my boyfriend proposed to me during   38  . We were at a fancy restaurant in St. Louis and everything was going   39  . The mood was romantic, the lighting perfect and the  40   was more than I expected -- way more.

      When the waitress brought out our dinners, they were covered so they wouldn' t get  41She brought out his and uncovered his chicken parmesan, then   42   my "pepper - loin,"which was   43   a diamond engagement ring.

      I was so surprised that my first   44   was to laugh and cry at the same time. I  45  over and hugged him and he asked me to marry him. I will never forget that   46  .

      We have taken a huge   47   in our relationship. I' m still very young; I’ll be 21 next month,   48   it seems like the perfect time in my life to take everything one step further into

the   49  . There' s no need to rush though, so we are going to   50   about a year and a half to make sure we have plenty of time to get everything just the   51   we want it.

     With 50 percent of marriages ending in divorce, I want to make sure we   52   our time and do things right. I have read plenty of stories about people who have gotten mala4ed for the wrong   53, and I don' t want to be another statistic.

     For those who are   54   of proposing, or waiting for someone to pop the question, don' t rush it. Wait until you don' t have a   55   in your mind that he or she is the one for you. It will be very much worth your wait.