Some call it attention to detail, while others label it bridezilla but letโs just call a spade a spade. ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ง โ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด!โ
I skillfully administered tasks to family and friends as we prepared for the day I had spent two years planning, and decades dreaming into existence.
We arranged 32 cake platters on each guest table, that my father traveled the state of West Virginia to obtain. We stacked beautifully wrapped silverware, linens, and pew flowers.
At the rehearsal, I handed out a two page document to each attendant, detailing the next 24 hours and the list of madness continues...
๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 1:30๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ 17๐๐.
Because in that instant, I caught a glimpse of my handsome groom standing at the end of the aisle waiting for me.
I didnโt want to miss a single minute of this long awaited day as it had taken what seemed like forever to get there.
We had overcome breaks, a two-year engagement, and a nine-month separation, while he was in seminary, to get to our โhappily ever after.โ
Ryanโs emotion was evident as my father escorted me down the 50 foot aisle. I was nearly hyperventilating with excitement as we stood with fingers linked, before the pastor. Before God, family, and friends, we made our covenant, โpreparedโ to start the next chapter in our journey.
๐ษดแด แดกสแดแด แดษด แดแด แด แดษดแดแดสแด ษชแด สแด๐ฌ สแดแดษด!
In these past eighteen years, we have known moments of pure bliss and utter desolation. However, the beautiful thing about married life is that we have endured every moment, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
No amount of control or preparation could have readied us for all the twists and turns. But, Godโs faithfulness has allowed us to cherish every blessing and hold on firmly in the midst of every storm.
๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ฌ; ๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!
Here is to our next year of adventure, my love!!