Five years ago today I walked down the aisle of a crowded chapel and promised to love one man for the rest of my life.
People often say that your wedding day will be a blur, but I was actually very present in every moment of that day. I remember the look on Parker’s face when they opened the chapel doors and my dad escorted me down the aisle. I remember the weight of reciting vows we had written with great care. I remember the sheer fun of our first dance as husband and wife.
I remember how much I loved him.
And yet I love him more today than I did five years ago.
No one else has shown me more grace, made me feel more lovely, or known the deepest parts of me and still loved them.
We’ve lived a lot of life in five years, though it seems like it all started just yesterday. It has been the hardest and best thing I have ever done.
Written in our wedding program was a verse that has been our prayer for the past 1826 days:
May he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13:21b)
Wherever the road may lead us, let it be so, Lord.
July 3, 2009 at 1:29 pm
A love story that will last the ages, and I’m blessed to have witnessed the covenant you both made that day with God and eachother. As from the pictures you shared, you were a beautiful couple then, but just having seen you last weekend, even more beautiful now. Enjoy your day and every day to come.
Love you both.
mama
July 3, 2009 at 11:15 pm
What a wonderful testimony y’all are for a Godly marriage. And what a blessing it is to have witnessed it through the years!
July 10, 2009 at 11:36 pm
I’m blessed that my brother got to marry you!