Two Years!

Wow, it has already been two years since my wonderful, exciting, fun, joyful wedding day! I loved our wedding - kind of a bummer that you only get to do it once. As usual, there are always a few things that looking back I think I would change. My veil, for example. I loved my veil, but it was longer than I wanted, and in my photos it is sometimes hard to look at because it bugs me so badly. Another HUGE regret is our photographer. He is a very nice person, and very good at taking portraits, but that was not the kind of pictures I wanted for our wedding. It's been two years, and I still have not ordered any pictures because it makes me cry to look at them - not in a good way. I know as time goes by and life goes on, I will care less, but for now it is still a painful regret.

Things we did for our wedding that I did love and would not change? My dress! I looooooved my dress and felt like a princess in it. Same with all of my accessories - loved my shoes, my head piece (made by a patient and purchased for $25.00), and my jewelry. I wore the pearl necklace that my father gave my mother for their wedding, and was worn by my sister at her wedding, as well as my sister-in-law. Very special. I wore something old (necklace), something new (dress), something borrowed (also necklace), and something blue (a garter). It was so fun and special to be a bride!

We had a huge wedding but I loved it. As I said to Troy just yesterday, "Hey, you only do it once - might as well make it big!". Truthfully, when it came time for our ceremony, and we were up on the stage with just our attendants and my uncle who performed the ceremony, I was not aware of anyone else in the room. It seemed like it was only Troy and I, exchanging our vows and making a lifelong promise to stand beside each other, for better or for worse.

And, we have had to work to keep those vows. Most days it's easy. I would say, 99/100 days it's easy. But over the last 2 years, we certainly have had to work harder some days. Particularly, the last 8 months. In the last 8 months we have faced financial stress due to the economy, a miscarriage, the struggle to get pregnant again, deaths including my grandfather, and learning to deal with homeownership, particularly when things go wrong. Believe me, there have been days that I thought "wow, marriage is harder than I thought it would be!". But most days I also have the thought "wow, marriage is even better than I thought it would be!". I am blessed to have a man who serves me joyfully, is faithful physically, emotionally, and mentally to me alone, desires to be the husband God has created him to be, and even on our worst days he holds me and tells me he loves me. And then I know that we can work through anything. As long as we make faithfulness to each other and to God above everything else, we can make it. And not just "survive' marriage, but thrive and enjoy it.

Two years has flown by and I am so happy. Happy to have a man perfectly created for me, and to be the wife of a man so wonderful. I love him more than anything except my God, and can't wait to write about our third happy year together! Happy anniversary Troy! I love you and thank you for choosing me to be your wife!