Some call it attention to detail, while others label it bridezilla but let’s just call a spade a spade. 𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘰𝘧 “𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴!”

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...

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍, 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 1:30𝒑𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒚 17𝒕𝒉.

Because in that instant, I caught a glimpse of my handsome groom standing at the end of the aisle waiting for me.

I didn’t 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 “happily ever after.”

Ryan’s 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, “prepared” to start the next chapter in our journey.

𝐀ɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀɴ ᴀᴅᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀᴇ ɪᴛ ʜᴀ𝐬 ʙᴇᴇɴ!

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, 𝘛𝘖𝘎𝘌𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘙.

No amount of control or preparation could have readied us for all the twists and turns. But, God’s faithfulness has allowed us to cherish every blessing and hold on firmly in the midst of every storm.

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑴𝑬; 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓!

Here is to our next year of adventure, my love!!