{"id":72745,"date":"2021-05-06T11:31:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/?p=72745"},"modified":"2021-05-06T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T15:31:18","slug":"a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"A North Carolina proposal filled with sunflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"sh-dropcaps-full-square-tale\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">A<\/span>li proposed to Ashley using her favorite flower.<\/p>\n<p>That night, Ashley wasn&#8217;t expecting a proposal at all. She was headed to meet Ali and her sisters for dinner in their town of Waynesville, North Carolina, and when she arrived at the restaurant, she saw her mom in the parking lot holding a sunflower.<\/p><div class=\"adsanity-rotating-ads ad-aligncenter\" data-ids=\"81704,81705\" data-timer=\"10\" data-align=\"aligncenter\" data-max-width=\"0\">\n<div id=\"ad-81704\" class=\"ad-840x90 adsanity-840x90 aligncenter adsanity-aligncenter\"\n><div class=\"adsanity-inner\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/adsanity-ad\/81704\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou know I love you so much,\u201d her mom said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s when I realized what was happening,&#8221; Ashley writes. &#8220;And when we headed up a little alleyway, I saw my family all standing diagonally, each holding a sunflower!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the walkway was Ali, surrounded by one hundred sunflowers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There she was on one knee, with the ring she hand drew and designed, asking me to be her wife! 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I couldn\u2019t have imagined a better proposal!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-1\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72746\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-1.jpg 1333w, 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585w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-72749\" src=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/a-north-carolina-proposal-filled-with-sunflowers-starling-and-oak-equally-wed-4.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 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