Sadie Hawkins Day
March 01, 2012
Yesterday was February 29th, aka Sadie Hawkins Day. Sadie was the daughter of one of Dogpatch’s earliest settlers, Hekzebiah Hawkins. When she reached age thirty-five and was still a spinster, according to Wikipedia, her father called together the eligible bachelors of Dogpatch and declared that day to be Sadie Hawkins Day. “When ah fires [my gun] all o' yo' kin start a-runnin,” he said. “When ah fires agin - after givin' yo' a fair start - Sadie starts a runnin'. Th' one she ketches'll be her husband."
Forty-four years (or eleven February 29’s) ago, I was skiing in Lech, Austria with my boyfriend Peter. Riding up on the chairlift, I reminded him that it was Sadie Hawkins Day, and that meant I could ask him to marry me. So I asked him. He turned me down, saying that when he was ready to get married, he would do the asking.
Four months later, he did. Forty-four years later, I believe it was worth the wait.
I love this story :)
Posted by: kate | March 04, 2012 at 10:50 AM