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The Proposal

I’d been standing at the arrival hall for about an hour. The Sunday evening arrivals are many, all landing around the same time from Europe, America, Middle East and other parts of Africa.

Who knows where the passengers embarked from? Mine was arriving from Germany via Istanbul.

I used up the wait time trying to catch up on my messages, so I perched on a short wall. As I was busily focusing on my phone, I heard a loud cheer.

She (an arriver) had crossed the glass door, pushing her trolley full of suitcases. He a(wait-er) walked up to her, stopped the trolley, and got on one knee to propose. That is when the crowd started cheering.

“YES,” she smiled looking shocked. They hugged tightly to more cheers from the other wait-ers.

Her face was a picture!. The joy was hidden, so many emotions circling her being. I suppose she was not expecting a proposal on her arrival. The waiting crowd needed some entertainment and that was it.

I did not have to wait much longer, my daughter appeared soon after the ovation, I could not wait to tell her what I had just witnessed.

Pexel – Engin Akgurt



5 responses to “The Proposal”

  1. What a surprise to get to see! I especially love how you characterize the “wait-ers”. It makes me want to do more “people watching” the next time I’m with others while waiting.

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  2. What a scene! The happiness of others is something we often welcome, especially when it appears unexpectedly as you describe.

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  3. I love romance and this made me smile from ear to ear! I also like the way you describe the waiting crowd – wait-ers. I could feel myself cheering on in the crowd too!

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  4. Ha! This is great. You capture a happy moment for both the couple and onlookers. 🙂

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  5. What a joy to witness! I’d love to see an engagement someday. Thanks for sharing this beautiful moment from your day.

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I am an Elementary school teacher , I taught at an International IB School in Accra, Ghana. I am now teaching in Hanoi. Writing is my passion and I try to write daily, at least in my sentence a day journal, to capture all the blessings around me. I write with groups of writers, such as Teach Write and sometimes Ethical ELA. I also encourage my friends to write , so I created a platform to make that possible -Writing Run.

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