Whew!!
Wow. Where to start?! What a week!
I am still reeling from everything that happened over the last week. I’ve been so overcome with every positive feeling I can possibly think of and am only just now getting the time to begin processing it all. I’m going to try to put these feelings and this past week into words because I want to be able to come back and read about our wedding week for years and years to come. I can’t guarantee it will be my best writing, and it will be broken down into parts as I write them, but I want to document it as accurately and as thoroughly as I can while it’s still fresh in my mind.
I married my soulmate almost a week ago. On Saturday, March 23, 2024 I said “I do” to the person I’ve waited my entire life to find. It was the best day of my life – of our lives! – and I wouldn’t change a single thing about it. My vision as I had imagined it for MONTHS came to fruition exactly as I had planned. It was the perfect day with the perfect weather, the perfect guests, the perfect dress, the perfect venue, and most importantly, the perfect man.
I’m still in disbelief that someone or some thing feels like I deserve a man like Matthew. It all just feels so surreal that this person that I prayed for my entire life has finally appeared and we are beginning our lives, and our future, together. We fit together like a puzzle piece in every way. Physically, emotionally, mentally, financially. I love his perspective on all topics. He has opened my mind and my heart in ways that I’ve never considered before. I love his taste in music. My Spotify algorithm has never been more confused about the kinds of music I like to listen to. It’s having a very hard time keeping up and I love it. I love how generous and kind and patient and playful and funny he is. He keeps me grounded. He makes me laugh. He’s one of the smartest people I’ve ever met. And I love how much he loves me. He shows it every single day.
It felt so good to stand up in front of our friends and family and promise to put him first for the rest of my life. Although, “good” isn’t the right word for the pure, unfiltered joy I felt that day. To proclaim to the world that we will love and support and take care of each other for the rest of our lives with a man who is like no other that I have ever met before felt electrifying. It felt like the stars had aligned to create the start of something new and unlike any road either of us has ever traveled before. It felt like God worked very hard to put us together. I truly felt like I honored Him on that day by taking Matthew as my husband.
My husband. That’s a word I’m not used to saying but it feels so good to hear it come out of my mouth. I really didn’t expect to feel differently after getting married because I feel like we’ve been “married” for years now, but I do feel differently. I feel like we are unstoppable together. That our lives are only just beginning. That one day we will look back on this day and the decisions we made to get to this place and know that we did something good.
More to come on this but for now, enjoy some pictures from the best day of our lives.
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congratulations to you both. May God bless you with many years of trust, happiness, and good health. And yes, there is a difference after we make our vowels. There is a difference in how we feel and respect ourselves, and how we feel and respect our partner. More importantly, there is a difference in how we feel in our relationship with God. So happy for you both.