3. Getting Married - 7/21/2012
Is there even a way to begin this post? Our wedding day was incredible. We are so blessed with family and friends who love us and care for us. They bent over backwards to help make the day perfect for us. If you know me, you know that I always get things done, just maybe not in a timely manner. I work well under pressure, and, against my good intentions, usually end up doing things at the last minute. This explains why I was still up at 3:30am the morning of our wedding day, laying in bed with my best friend, Erin, working on last minute details of the wedding. WHO DOES THAT?!?!?! When Erin got married, she was finished with all her stuff so early that she spent the last week relaxing by the pool!
All of my bridesmaids spent the night with me the night before - it was so nice to spend some time with them during the busy weekend. On Sunday after the wedding, we had a brunch at our house with several of our family members and friends there to spend some time with! Those were special times for us to get to really spend time with the people we love.
The ceremony was beautiful (of course, I am biased!). I remember as we were walking up the steps to the sanctuary, I started to get very quiet, almost “zoned out” - not nervous - just anxious to get going. Some of the girls were asking me if I was ok, but Erin reassured them that this is how I prepare for things - mainly for softball games when I was an athlete. I think it was just a way of focusing and thinking through what I needed to do and visualizing how things would go. I didn’t even realize I was doing it, but once Erin mentioned it, that’s the exact emotion I was feeling! I found out later that Savva was feeling the same emotions he would feel before a match. I guess that’s what happens when you have two athletes getting hitched!
The bridesmaids went down the aisle and the flower girls too, and then two of my closest friends, Tracy and Brooke, closed the sanctuary doors. My turn was next. I asked them to hold the doors closed just a second - I wanted to take in that moment, or breathe, or say something to Daddy, or something! They just smiled and opened the doors - whatever breathe I had or was trying to take was gone. There I saw my groom, my best friends, my family, and all those people who have supported and encouraged us both throughout our lives. It was incredible, such a blur. I wish I could’ve taken 10 minutes to walk down that aisle and just take in each and every single person who was standing there watching me. And then there was Savva. Is this a good time to say that I have one HANDSOME husband?!?! Man, he sure looked sharp at the end of the aisle!
And he was only watching me.
Wow. How many girls dream of this? When I imagined my wedding, I could see everything in detail until the groom’s face. It was just like a black circle where a face was supposed to go. And in that moment, as I walked down the aisle laughing and smiling with my dad, that black circle of a face filled with the face of my best friend.
And he was only watching me.
I could recount each detail of the day, but photographs from photographer, our incredible, outstanding, fabulous, phenomenal, fun, beautiful, creative, amazing - ok, there really aren’t enough words to describe her - Julia Wade can tell the story much better than my words. I have become a little obsessed with her blog every since I met her! Enjoy!
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