last month my cousin kendra got married. her wedding was so much fun,
and she looked beautiful. watching her and dean promise themselves to
one another was so touching. it made me so much more ready for our
wedding. i had the opportunity to tell most of my family that we had
postponed ours until next fall. it was so hard to say while we were
wrapping up such an incredible day with kendra.
i am about to sound like the most selfish person in the world {good thing very few eyes other than mine will see it.} i was also a little hurt by what so many people had to say. most said, "oh good. it was really going to be a burden for us. this will give us a year to save." the time travis and i were engaged to the date of our original wedding was almost one year. people would have already had a year to save. granted, i understand that the economy took a nose-dive, but i don't expect people to go spend tons of money on our wedding. we just want everyone there to celebrate with us. i hear, "oh good," "oh what a relief," and "thank goodness" so many times i thought i was going to scream. here i had just made this enormous decision to postpone a very, very special day ... and everyone else was thanking me for making their life easier. it was rough just because i felt like my heart was breaking a little and everyone else was just relieved.
... but enough of my pity party ...
being at kendra's wedding really did make me so excited about mine and travis's upcoming nuptials, and i can't wait until next fall. for now, i will enjoy this extended engagement, and realize that it really is a blessing. it will give us time to be engaged, because, come on, that's not something most people get to have for long. you only get to have fiance for such a short period of time, and then a husband forever. we will also have time to get everything in order exactly the way we want it. it will give us more time to house-hunt. more people will have the opportunity to prepare for the wedding. and we have a lot of weddings along the way that can also help us prepare for ours. kendra's is something we looked forward to, and now that it has passed, we have david mcdonald & his fiancee's and andrea kurys and ryan hurst's. {we even get to go to maui for theirs!}
i am about to sound like the most selfish person in the world {good thing very few eyes other than mine will see it.} i was also a little hurt by what so many people had to say. most said, "oh good. it was really going to be a burden for us. this will give us a year to save." the time travis and i were engaged to the date of our original wedding was almost one year. people would have already had a year to save. granted, i understand that the economy took a nose-dive, but i don't expect people to go spend tons of money on our wedding. we just want everyone there to celebrate with us. i hear, "oh good," "oh what a relief," and "thank goodness" so many times i thought i was going to scream. here i had just made this enormous decision to postpone a very, very special day ... and everyone else was thanking me for making their life easier. it was rough just because i felt like my heart was breaking a little and everyone else was just relieved.
... but enough of my pity party ...
being at kendra's wedding really did make me so excited about mine and travis's upcoming nuptials, and i can't wait until next fall. for now, i will enjoy this extended engagement, and realize that it really is a blessing. it will give us time to be engaged, because, come on, that's not something most people get to have for long. you only get to have fiance for such a short period of time, and then a husband forever. we will also have time to get everything in order exactly the way we want it. it will give us more time to house-hunt. more people will have the opportunity to prepare for the wedding. and we have a lot of weddings along the way that can also help us prepare for ours. kendra's is something we looked forward to, and now that it has passed, we have david mcdonald & his fiancee's and andrea kurys and ryan hurst's. {we even get to go to maui for theirs!}
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