Even if you’ve never had the good fortune of visiting the World Wonder Taj Mahal in Agra, India, you may know the story behind it.

The Taj

Seventeenth-century Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj as a mausoleum for the remains of his favorite wife, reportedly the greatest love of his life, and mother to 14 (!!) of his children. Not too surprisingly, Empress Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth.

Some 20 years after her death, the Persian-inspired wonder was completed, with marble cut from the hardest limestone in the world. And then there are the thousands of precious and semi-precious stones inlaid in intricate detail within the stone. No human vocabulary can every properly describe this edifice — a breathtaking testament to eternal love.

Taj Mahal detail

So, here’s the “promise” I was able to extract from my dream husband and best friend, Ted, as we sat on a bench admiring the Taj from a humbling distance:

Me: “Tell me something. Do you love me enough to build me a Taj Mahal when I’m gone?”
Ted: “Absolutely.”
Me: “You would do that for me, wouldn’t you?”
Ted: “Absolutely.”
Me: “I can count on that?”
Ted: “Yes. Even if I have to get a paper route to help pay for it.”
Me: “That’s what a woman wants to hear.”

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 8:39 am and is filed under All, Pretty Things, Travel, Relationships. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Even if you’ve never had the good fortune of visiting the World Wonder Taj Mahal in Agra, India, you may know the story behind it.

The Taj

Seventeenth-century Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj as a mausoleum for the remains of his favorite wife, reportedly the greatest love of his life, and mother to 14 (!!) of his children. Not too surprisingly, Empress Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth.

Some 20 years after her death, the Persian-inspired wonder was completed, with marble cut from the hardest limestone in the world. And then there are the thousands of precious and semi-precious stones inlaid in intricate detail within the stone. No human vocabulary can every properly describe this edifice — a breathtaking testament to eternal love.

Taj Mahal detail

So, here’s the “promise” I was able to extract from my dream husband and best friend, Ted, as we sat on a bench admiring the Taj from a humbling distance:

Me: “Tell me something. Do you love me enough to build me a Taj Mahal when I’m gone?”
Ted: “Absolutely.”
Me: “You would do that for me, wouldn’t you?”
Ted: “Absolutely.”
Me: “I can count on that?”
Ted: “Yes. Even if I have to get a paper route to help pay for it.”
Me: “That’s what a woman wants to hear.”

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 8:39 am and is filed under All, Pretty Things, Travel, Relationships. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.