This picture was taken just minutes after Bryan asked me to be his girlfriend, February 13, 2006. Now some of you may not know that the first time I met Bryan - he was in his truck in the parking lot of our high school...senior year. It was lunch time, and my friend Tak told me to come over and meet this "new guy". Bryan had just transferred to Marina HS from Whittier Christian. I shook hands with Bryan through his truck window...after a few moments of introduction, I walked away with my girlfriends and told them "I don't know why, but I just know I am going to be with this guy forever...so back off...he's mine! NO JOKE! You an ask any of the girls I was with that day...they still remember it! In fact, when Bry and I got engaged, several of those girls that were there with me the day I met Bry - posted on my facebook wall "You were Right, how did you know you'd be with him?" - I just knew...and here we are 51 days away from being married and so in love with each other! I have been lucky to be his girlfriend for 4 1/2 years...and its almost time for me to be his wife for the rest of our lives....could I get any luckier??? I submit that I cannot! I shall keep this picture near to me always to remind me of how lucky I felt the day he asked me to be his girlfriend...he chose ME and it made my heart smile. My prayer is that God will frequently remind me of this first feeling I had when Bry chose me!Friday, July 23, 2010
51 DAY TO GO
So Bryan and I have been "ahead of the game" for the majority of our engagement. We have had most of our vendors booked for months now, so we have just been cruising along for the ride...until it hit us that we are getting married in 7 weeks!!! We are taking this weekend to get various wedding things done...get our invitations out, update our registries, write thank you notes, get wedding favors for our guests and plan out our decorations. Last night we booked our bakery for our wedding cake and we are absolutely thrilled to have this bakery do our wedding cake. They do excellent work and well our cake tastes delicious, I would enjoy having it with my cup of coffee this morning! Everything is coming together nicely...we just can't believe that at the end of this busy planning journey that he and I get to be MARRIED...FOREVER!!! What a fabulous thing it is. Knowing the outcome of this planning process helps me keep all things in perspective. Why argue about napkin colors...I get to be his wife...why should anything else matter :) People say, well its because you only get one wedding...girls dream of this their whole lives, make it exactly what you want! Here is what I say to that..."yeah but I only have 1 man, and I have been dreaming about my husband my entire life, what he will look like, how he will treat me, how he fits in with my family and how he loves me when I'm silly and how we will laugh together"...what do I really want to focus all my energy on...the 4 hour wedding or the lifelong marriage I am preparing for. I submit that my wedding is special but not the highlight of this journey...Bryan being my husband is the highlight and if I lose sight of this highlight...that is when relationships get damaged. So for any engaged gals out there...just keep things in perspective. We are called to lift up and encourage our men - this means that their opinions matter in the wedding process too. Their opinions about bathroom colors...they matter! Remember that at the end of your planning journey...the real gain is a husband...not a wedding!
This picture was taken just minutes after Bryan asked me to be his girlfriend, February 13, 2006. Now some of you may not know that the first time I met Bryan - he was in his truck in the parking lot of our high school...senior year. It was lunch time, and my friend Tak told me to come over and meet this "new guy". Bryan had just transferred to Marina HS from Whittier Christian. I shook hands with Bryan through his truck window...after a few moments of introduction, I walked away with my girlfriends and told them "I don't know why, but I just know I am going to be with this guy forever...so back off...he's mine! NO JOKE! You an ask any of the girls I was with that day...they still remember it! In fact, when Bry and I got engaged, several of those girls that were there with me the day I met Bry - posted on my facebook wall "You were Right, how did you know you'd be with him?" - I just knew...and here we are 51 days away from being married and so in love with each other! I have been lucky to be his girlfriend for 4 1/2 years...and its almost time for me to be his wife for the rest of our lives....could I get any luckier??? I submit that I cannot! I shall keep this picture near to me always to remind me of how lucky I felt the day he asked me to be his girlfriend...he chose ME and it made my heart smile. My prayer is that God will frequently remind me of this first feeling I had when Bry chose me!
This picture was taken just minutes after Bryan asked me to be his girlfriend, February 13, 2006. Now some of you may not know that the first time I met Bryan - he was in his truck in the parking lot of our high school...senior year. It was lunch time, and my friend Tak told me to come over and meet this "new guy". Bryan had just transferred to Marina HS from Whittier Christian. I shook hands with Bryan through his truck window...after a few moments of introduction, I walked away with my girlfriends and told them "I don't know why, but I just know I am going to be with this guy forever...so back off...he's mine! NO JOKE! You an ask any of the girls I was with that day...they still remember it! In fact, when Bry and I got engaged, several of those girls that were there with me the day I met Bry - posted on my facebook wall "You were Right, how did you know you'd be with him?" - I just knew...and here we are 51 days away from being married and so in love with each other! I have been lucky to be his girlfriend for 4 1/2 years...and its almost time for me to be his wife for the rest of our lives....could I get any luckier??? I submit that I cannot! I shall keep this picture near to me always to remind me of how lucky I felt the day he asked me to be his girlfriend...he chose ME and it made my heart smile. My prayer is that God will frequently remind me of this first feeling I had when Bry chose me!
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This pleases me greatly. Girl you got some good words and I know you will be a wife that will seek to bring Bryan good and never harm all the days of his life. I love you guys!
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You amaze me dear friend, you are a Proverbs 31 woman through and through. Your soon to be husband and future children will call you blessed because you seek the Lords will for your life first and foremost. A wedding is a wonderful, joyful, momentous occation, while a marriage is a lifelong journey and commitment. You are wise to not to be so focused on creating "your day" that you forgo looking at the big picture; the amazing journey you are about to begin and be on for the rest of your days.
ReplyDeleteI am so thankful that my daughters have such an amazing lady to look up to.
I wish I would have had your wisdom when I was getting married 6 years ago. But you are totally right...the wedding is just a SMALL detail in life. The very beginning of your new life together! Don't stress the small stuff, right? The big picture is that you get to spend the rest of your life with the man of your dreams and BOY is he one lucky guy!!!
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