FAMILY & HOME
BRIDAL BLISS
Bride: Amy Faszold, St. Charles, Missouri
Groom: Ben Wiele, St. Charles, Missouri
Wedding Date: June 5, 2015
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“Ben and I had been dating for a little over two years. He texted me
and asked if I would go to a holiday work party with him the next
night. He told me to dress up because it was a nice place. The next
day, I met him at his apartment. While I was waiting for him to get
ready, I noticed a present on his ottoman. I yelled out to him that his
roommate must have left him a Christmas gift and we should open it.
Ben popped out of his bedroom and told me not to touch it. It was a
present for me and I could open it when he was finished.
“He came out and sat beside me on the couch. I opened the present
and pulled out a Kansas City Chiefs hat and put it on. I asked him
if that meant that I’d be going to Kansas City with him. He was
going to leave in six months for a cardiology fellowship at Kansas
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University Medical School. He said yes. I was so excited that I told
him that the hat was almost as good as a proposal. Right then and
there, Ben got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Of
course I said YES! Afterward, we went out to dinner to celebrate
because there was no holiday work party. It was all set up so I
would look nice when he proposed.
“I knew Ben was ‘the one’ when I realized I could tell him anything,
good or bad. He loves me for me. He’s never tried to change me and
accepts me the way I am. I’m looking forward to Ben seeing me for
the first time in my wedding dress, being pronounced husband and
wife, and celebrating with family and friends, dancing the night away.”