Timothy Chee, 25, knew he was going to marry his now-wife Candice Catherine a week after he started dating her. That second week, he sent her a love letter that started with a big, capital “W.” It took Candice three years and 13 more notes to recognize the first letters of the letters spelled out “W-I-L-L Y-O-U M-A-R-R-Y M-E”
I woke up on the morning of December 16, 2015, with a letter next to me instructing me to get dressed and to only come out when I’m fully ready. As soon as I opened the door, I found rose petals and candles everywhere — my heart skipped a beat and I knew it was coming. He sat me down in the living room with all the letters that he had written to me on the table. We read them out one by one reliving the memories of our dating years. After we read all of them he then carefully arranged the letters and asked me to look at them.
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