February 12, 1994

On this day in 1994, I was preparing to take my date to the Florida State University Baptist Student Union Valentine’s Banquet. My date was in charge of planning the banquet and ensuring that everything was in place for the evening. There was one little surprise that my date did not know about. I had made plans to propose to her at the end of the banquet. Since she was in charge of planning the banquet, it made it easier to get myself scheduled to be the last speaker. Many other people knew what was going to happen, but she had no clue. At the end of the banquet, I stood up and went into my talk. Near the end, I could see a look of confusion on my date’s face as my talk took a detour, and then shock as I went down on one knee and proposed. Angela said yes and we were married that next April. It was truly the best decision that I ever made.