Happily Ever After

i got to be the "maid" of honor in a client's wedding tonight. It was a pretty simple ceremony but the amount of love in the room was palpable. The groom was ready to cry, the mother of the bride was crying, the groom's dad teared up a little bit. It was really nice and i can't commend the pastor and his wife enough for all the work they put into the ceremony.

Of course, during the ceremony, i flashed back to Our wedding. i remember that, when we first met online, some of the people in the chat room tried to warn me that He was a no-good player who would break my heart. And, when we told them that he was moving to Texas to live with me, more warnings came flooding in. But, my heart told me to trust and believe. When he told me that he had to go back to Florida, i knew i couldn't let a good thing go, especially since i had nothing really keeping me here at the time. So, off i went and i didn't look back either. Looking back on things, it all seemed to happen so fast and it was a little crazy at times. But, we managed to make it work and come out only a little bit worse for wear.

Our ceremony was very simple and laid back but it worked for us. my family wasn't able to make it to the ceremony but His dad walked me down the aisle. Since i was 7 months pregnant, a regular wedding dress was out but His grandmother let me wear one of her dresses. There weren't a lot of decorations but we got married in His grandparents' front yard under the trees. We couldn't afford a fancy honeymoon but we were able to get a couple days off from work to hole up in a local hotel and do some shopping.

When we met with the chaplain for our marriage counseling, the best piece of advice i think he gave us was that, if we could keep laughing together like we do, our marriage will last a long time. And, He can still make me laugh, even when i want to be mad at Him. Love may be blind and it may not always make sense...but, for that, i am definitely thankful :)