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Published Sunday, February 17, 2008
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados
Contributed
This past Thursday was no ordinary day. It was a Valentine's Day like no other. There was so much love in the air you could almost grab it with your bare hands.
While there were many who did not care too much about Valentine's Day, people around the country woke up to a proposal – a wedding proposal.
Surely, this was not an original idea, however, it was a first in a very long time and it had a lot of people talking, waiting, expecting. Even those who did not care too much about the day were suddenly on board.
The proposal, which has since been called "unconventional but romantic", came in the form of an advertisement in the Valentine's Day edition of the Barbados Nation Newspaper.
The businessman making the proposal obviously felt that the time had come to take the next step in the relationship he had shared with an angel for the past eight years.
THE AD
It was not a full page advertisement. In fact, it was not even half a page. Who cares? The buzz was not about the size of the advertisement. It was the thought that had people, the country over, talking.
So here's what it said.
Dear Heather V Morris
Surely God is the matchmaker that exists, and His timing is always perfect. I have known you now for the last eight years and, I believe nothing happens before its time. You've supported me through the low points and kept me balanced through the highlights. It's time you knew that I would move Heaven and earth to have you by my side.
Will you marry me?
Signature_________________
Winston St. Clair Leacock
E. W. Joiners
The advertisement became such a hot topic. It was even picked up by the state-owned broadcaster Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and was included as a news story in the first segment of their newscast that night.
Most people generally agreed that Heather had found herself a gentleman, who could no doubt be included among the top 10 most romantic in the country. They had no doubt about what her answer would be. It would be "YES I WILL". Their only concern now had to do with how she would provide the response to the big question. Now that they are part of the proposal, they wanted to be kept in the loop. They want to be "there" when she said YES.
Barbadians got their wish - to be kept in the loop that is. It came Saturday. The Saturday Sun edition of the Nation Newspaper carried the following story on page four.
Cupid turns back on Valentine's proposal
ALL OF BARBADOS was waiting with bated breath for an answer to what appeared to be the most romantic question asked on Valentine's Day.
And today, all of Barbados probably won't believe their eyes and ears.
Winston Leacock's unconventional but romantic wedding proposal via an advertisement in Thursday's DAILY NATION was turned down by the object of his affection, his girlfriend of eight years.
In his words, the woman of his heart, Heather Morris, simply said: 'No'.
But Leacock isn't one to stay down after he has been knocked out. He believes that if at first you don't succeed you should try and try again.
"I intend to keep trying until she says yes," the timid businessman said via telephone yesterday. He was obviously disappointed by the response as we all those hopeless romantics who were cheering him on.
Leacock, who runs E. W. Joiners, Wakefield Land, St. John, was inundated with calls as soon as readers saw the colourful ad which posed the question: "Will you marry me?" It was accompanied by a poem which said in part: "It's time you knew I would move heaven and earth to have you by my side."
Leacock and Morris have a seven-year-old son together.
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