We are in the last week before our wedding. Paul and I were talking last night about how today is our last day alone until after we’re married. Tomorrow my parents come, then Thursday his family and the rest of my family come. The rest of the out of town guests will all trickle in between Wednesday and Friday night, with some even coming on Saturday morning. And so it begins. This weekend has been somewhat of a quiet weekend,…
In one week, I will be getting married. Wow! But more importantly, today is my little brother’s 21st birthday! It seems hard to believe. Just 21 years ago, I was in the hospital asking my mother in my little 2 1/2-year-old-voice, “Who’s the baby’s mommy?” AJ and I haven’t always gotten along… In fact I can remember one day during church he punched me in the stomach. So much for being good missionary kids. :-) I used to chase him…
It is my pleasure to announce to everyone a new blog that has hit the blogosphere. My best friend Beth and I were talking recently about all the new blogs we discovered through the Blogs of Beauty Awards, and how ecnouraging they were to us. However, we lamented that there weren’t many blogs that really fit our situation – we’re not mothers (yet), we are married (or almost married), we both work full-time, yet we’re fairly conservative with our beliefs….
So a couple of things have happened that have made me think about what marriage means to our society today. 1) When we went to pick up the marriage license, the lady peered at us over the counter and asked, “Are you sure you’re 18? You look awfully young.” Paul and I have never gotten this before. Paul informed her, “I’m actually 24.” She responded with repeating her comment about us looking young. We were surprised. 2) Most of my…
In two weeks, my life will be forever changed. What is normal now will never be normal again. (That was for you, Susan.) I’m kinda scared, but mostly excited. I have only fallen more in love with Paul as our wedding date has approached. I think it took a little adjusting when he moved here after 2 years of being apart, but I have gotten over that and now I see even more wonderful things about the man I am…