The One Where We Got Married

{One Year Ago}

I still can't get over the fact that it was one year ago today that Brad and I were married. Some days it seems like it was just yesterday we were deciding what ties the groomsmen would wear. Other days, it feels like it all happened an eternity ago. (Although, I may be confusing our wedding day with the amount of time Brad and I have been together - which is getting close to 9 years now) ;)

And then there's those few days (okay, a lot of days) that I wish I could do it all over again!

Regardless of how long it's been, Brad and I will always cherish the many special details and memories of that day, however, at the same time, we look forward to the new events and experiences we'll share with each passing anniversary.

On that note, I'll finish this post with a poem that was suggested by my Grandma Billie and was included in our ceremony programs:

Union ~ by Robert Fulghum

You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes, to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way.

All of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks – all those conversations that began with, “When we’re married”, and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” – all those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” – and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real processes of a wedding.

The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things that we’ve promised, and hoped, and dreamed – well, I meant it all, every word.”

Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another – acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past few years. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.

For after today you shall say to the world –
This is my husband. This is my wife.