The man who used to take me to Romance, Arkansas every time a boy broke my heart in high school was walking me down the aisle. The man who let me drive to Joy, Arkansas when I was upset or we had gotten into an argument was about to give me away to another man who has attempted to understand me the way my dad has ever since I was born. I'm my daddy's girl. He knows when I am simply being dramatic versus actually needing help with the situation. He knows how I will react when someone is late (rather extreme, I confess), because it has messed with the entire plan in my head, and we pretty much share the same brain. He gets it when I freak out over the small things when no one else does, because he has taken the time to understand why those things bother me so deeply. My dad has made it through years of me rejecting his love and being blind to how much I should truly appreciate him as a dad, and still loved me just the same. My dad is quite the man and I can only hope that Creed will love our children as much as my dad loves me.
He's a romantic.
"I know that I say this about twenty times a day, but you are so SO pretty. If someone would have told me three or four years ago that I would be marrying a drop dead gorgeous woman who will love you and your weird personality... I would not have believed them. You have accepted not only me and my flaws, but my family and friends. That day I saw you in Goodwill was the most terrifying and heartbreaking moment of my life because not only did I chicken out and not say hi to you, but I missed out on a few more amazing moments with you. Thankfully, God had a plan and I have experienced many amazing moments with you. I cannot wait to see what God has in store but the one thing that I want you to hear out of this is that 'I will always love you and I will listen to understand throughout all of our struggles.' I love you so much sweetheart and I always will."
Everyone followed our lead as soon as we started giggling. All of the unspoken tension in the air quickly evaporated while a crowd of people were crying laughing at our attempt to unify our lives. More of the sand ended up on the floor than it did in our sand jar, but who cares?
Yeah I kind of lost it after I got married for a few seconds because I was just so happy and couldn't stop my leaky eyes.
I became a wifey within the span of twenty minutes. It was all so crazy and my mind was craving some alone time to process the wave of events that had already unraveled.
I have quite the life ahead of me with this one. It has already been a month and I am so deeply grateful to God for pushing me into Creed at the time that He did.
