04th Mar 2006
A Modest Proposal
In the Phoenix airport on Wednesday afternoon, I was leaving the baggage claim area when I noticed a group of female soldiers dressed in clean desert fatigues. In particular, I was struck by the beauty of one soldier in particular: tall, athletic, blond, fresh-faced, classic All-American wholesome beauty. She was being greeted by a tall handsome man with a cleanly shaven head and military bearing of his own, though he was dressed in civilian clothes. She was holding a bouquet of roses.
Just then, he lowered himself to one knee and opened and presented her with a small black jewelry box. I frantically scrambled to get my camera out of its bag and her friends shrieked with delight. Too soon for my reflexes, he stood and she tearfully embraced him, her face buried in his neck.
“She said ‘Yes,’” he announced to their friends.
It would have made an awesome picture.
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