What did I do to deserve this? This woman has bought light and warmth to my dark and jaded soul and I am not worthy of her love. I should be condemned to a life of solitude and recrimination for the things I have done. And yet, she is here, by my side, promising to love and honour me, in sickness and in health, for the end of our days. I never saw it coming, never thought I would be able love someone, never able to be able to commit to someone. But when she fell from that bridge I realised my life held no meaning without her. That I was nothing without her. I don't know which was the more surprising, me asking her to marry me, or Babe saying yes.
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What did I do to deserve this? We've been circling each other for years but I never thought it would come to anything. I never even dared to hope that he may return my feelings for him. He who always claimed he was not family material and didn't do relationships. I couldn't bear the thought of rejection and a shattered heart if I ever admitted how much I loved him. And so I hid my feelings as best I could, until I looked death in the face and realised my life held no meaning without him. I never saw it coming, the fear in his eyes at the prospect of nearly losing me, the love and relief that I was safe, and the desperate plea to marry him and never be separated from him again.
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What did I do to deserve this? My heart is overflowing with joy and it is hard to keep the tears at bay. I have prayed and prayed for my favourite nieto, Carlos, to find a good woman who could accept him and love him, but I was beginning to give up hope. I knew his Estephania was more than just a friend like he claimed, her name always bought a softness to his eyes and his voice, but he was so stubborn, always trying to keep her only on the fringes of his life. But now, here we are in the Church of the Sacred Heart, and I'm watching them exchange vows with only myself, the priest and God as witnesses. Now if only I knew what I did to deserve this, I would do it a thousand times over and pray that their union may be blessed with some bebes.