For twelve years now I have been married to the most amazing woman I have ever met and it has been an absolute blast! However, I remember the engagement less fondly. Whilst we were close and very much in love, it was agony waiting. But what made things bearable was the knowledge that each day was a day nearer to the ‘big day’ and to spending the rest of our lives together. The engagement was waiting for the arrival of something promised, something guaranteed to happen. Advent