This weekend we had the opportunity to attend wedding #4
since our own big day. It has been fun, these past couple of months, getting
the chance to experience weddings through a different scope. Before Rob and I
were engaged, weddings were always so fabulous to attend, but they always left
a sadness in my heart. It sounds pathetic. In fact, I’d be willing to say that
it is pathetic. But each time we would attend a wedding, I would long, so
deeply, for my turn. Not so much to be the bride, although I was looking
forward to that too, but for my turn to become someone’s built-in best friend.
And since I knew who that someone was, it made my heart long even more for the
day we got to ‘start our life together’.
And then I finally got the chance. And it has been as
fabulous as I always dreamed it would be.
But weddings are a bit different now. I get to view them
through the eyes of someone who has lived the experience, stood in the place of
the bride, and Rob and I get to re-live the emotions of our day. From the walk
down the isle, to the speeches, to the final farewell. Each time we witness a
couple, exchanging vows, and glowing with happiness, we glance at each other
and, for a short time, share a moment of silent, unspoken I remember that so
clearly.
It has been a truly beautiful experience, filled with so
much joy for those couples who are only just beginning life’s most beautiful
and rewarding journey.
And what a journey it truly is.
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