July 19, 2008

Heavenly Day

I am slightly obsessed with our wedding pictures. Are all recent brides? If The Knot is any indication, yes, but then again, The Knot is not a good indicator of what is "normal."

It was such an amazing day, but it went too fast. I feel like the memories of it are slipping through my mind even faster still. So I go back and look at the pictures and I laugh and get teary-eyed and remind myself, yes, yes that happened. You had a wedding and you were a bride, and it was wonderful.

(As if having to live with a boy and his two Bulldogs wasn't reminder enough.)

My college friend Mark got married about six weeks after we did and every few days pictures from his wedding will show up on his Flickr page and I imagine him, all the way in California, doing the same thing I am. Pouring over them. Reminiscing. Laughing. Being thankful.

Marriage is amazing. It is hard - let no one tell you differently - but it is amazing yet. That someone would choose to stand by you. To vow to stand by you.. .well, it's a miracle, isn't it?

Posted by hannah at 12:01 AM