Things are rolling along, and despite the constant changes, bumps in the road, my insane travel schedule and Jimmy's new career as a part-time college student, the wedding is approaching. No, not like an oncoming train... much!
For those planning to join us, please check out the website. We've put all the details there, because we can only fit so much on an invitation.
Jimmy and I are so excited - nervous! but excited - as we approach this day. I hope everyone realizes that while we will have been engaged two and a half years by the time we go down the aisle, we have not spent all that time planning a wedding. Don't get us wrong: the wedding will be fun! And it's been fun planning it. It's been almost a joint hobby for us, as we have taken every step together, laughed at the silly stuff (like $1200 for a pair of shoes!) and worked together on compromise, budgeting, planning and keeping our perspective. You know, like married people do.
And that's really the key. What Jimmy and I have really been doing is preparing to be married. It's far too easy for couples to fall into the wedding crazy and spend all their time in preparation for a ceremony and a big party, and forget that the marriage is the important part. Both of us wanted to spend this time preparing mentally, emotionally and spiritually to be married, and it has been a wonderful experience.
It's been described to us that the church and the priest do not actually marry the bride and groom; they bless the covenant that has already been woven between them. That's truly how we feel; we've spent this looooong engagement weaving a bond between us and among our children. We are a family, and the wedding is the blessing and celebration of that family's bond.
Whether you will be with us in November or you are wishing us well from afar, thank you for your love and support. We are blessed in friendship and family, and will never forget the love you all have shown us as we danced toward our castle.
