NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, TX (KTRE) -
What began as a day of dancing ended
in fairy-tale fashion.
"I'd been thinking about it for a
while and this was just a very good opportunity and I just went for it,"
said Stephen Wofford, U.S. Marine.
This weekend will be the last one
Stephen Wofford and Valerie Mayer spend together.
Stephen is in the United States Marine Corps
and leaves for Camp Pendleton in San Diego on Tuesday.
For Stephen, there wasn't a better time to pop
the big question.
"I know she loves dance and I
know she'd be really happy after this and I just tried to be as creative as
possible," said Wofford.
Members of Valerie's dance company
read short notes from Stephen, describing his love for Valerie.
When Valerie came to campus today she
knew she'd be dancing for a cure, she had no idea she'd be leaving with her
happily ever after.
"I couldn't even say it because I
was listening to all the words and it was really sweet and I was like what are
they talking about and then I saw my name and I was just speechless," said
Valerie Mayer.
The couple has been together for two years,
Stephen calls their first meeting at a Houston Astros game one of chance.
"It was purely luck my friend and
his fiancé at the time had extra tickets and they invited us and we just hit it
off," said Wofford.
The excitement of engagement doesn't change
struggles of being apart.
"She's very supportive but she
misses me a lot and I miss her," said Wofford.
"It'll just be time, but it will be ok
because we'll have the telephone and we can skype, it will be hard but we can
do it," said Mayer.
It will
give Valerie some time to start planning her perfect wedding day.
I want a big wedding I think, I want it to be pretty and
I'm just happy and I want him to be in his uniform when we have our wedding,"
said Mayer.
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