Why marriage?
Marriage is a dance between me and we. Sometimes it paralyzes and sometimes it frees. It is the ultimate compromise.
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How is married life?
The second you get married people will start asking you this question. “How is married life?” Not just a few times, not just for a few weeks, but apparently for the first few years of your marriage. I have blundered my way through a response too many times to count. Let’s recap my life before marriage. -Future husband and I lived
Read moreWhen your moment melts.
On my wedding day I was too preoccupied to ever be nervous. There was so much to do that I couldn’t even think about things not going right. I was hidden away in a room getting ready and I felt completely secluded from the rest of the wedding preparation. Once my makeup was on, my friends were gathered outside my
Read moreGo Slow.
“Maybe you should turn your work email off during our honeymoon,” the new husband says. “I don’t even know how to do that!” I admit. He takes my phone, makes a few swooshes with his finger, and it is done. I feel a rush of both relief and trepidation wash over me. I’ve never vacationed like this before. Day 1. Before I
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When you propose to a librarian, you don’t really know what you are in for. You think you’ll have a lifetime of good book suggestions, but you don’t know you’ll have to pull off a literary themed wedding. But as a true librarian, when
Read moreA Wedding Prayer
Please forgive me for all the times I referred to brides as “bridezilla.” I had no idea how many spreadsheets they were having to look at on a daily basis. Please also forgive me for the judgement I passed on couples who elope. I had no idea how many spreadsheets they avoided by making that decision. Please let my family
Read moreThe vows that aren’t making the cut
I’m writing my own vows for my wedding. Or, I’m supposed to be writing my own vows for my wedding. Every time I start thinking about what my vows could say, I feel like I’m negotiating a hostage situation more than declaring my love for someone. What can I honestly promise to do for an eternity? I can’t comfort, honor,
Read moreI saw through the water.
Do you know what is stressful? Planning a wedding. Do you know what is even more stressful? NOT planning a wedding. I’ve been doing a lot of not planning lately. Which means the next 6 weeks should be interesting. So I wasn’t thrilled when Mike wanted to squeeze one more camping trip in this weekend. Every time I thought about losing
Read moreAre these your dogs?
Marriage was never something I thought much about. I didn’t make plans, I didn’t dream about it, I didn’t make weird scrapbooks of the magazine articles I liked. I don’t even have Pinterest. So the idea of a bachelorette party seemed like something that only happens to other people. Mostly people who are on reality TV shows. But I trust
Read moreMy Wedding Diet
I am thrilled to be getting married. I truly am. I can’t wait to have one giant celebration and to yell to the world “I found a guy who talks as much as I do!” It is going to be an amazing party. But there isn’t one step of the wedding planning where I am not reminded that this is
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Chop Wood, Carry Water 