"The Marriage"

I really am having a good time planning this wedding. I feel like I probably don't share it with my friends as much as I always imagined I would, but its because I worry about boring them to death with details. This blog has helped me have some place to talk about it without feeling as obnoxious, although I do recognize some may be rolling their eyes or even worse, purposfully avoiding my page.

In the midst of all this planning, though, I haven't forgotten the most important thing I'm planning which is a family. It feels funny to think of a family as just two people, but that is what we will be... a family of two. Its funny to think of all the little decisions that go into making this family.

Recently I was talking with a friend about what all we still call our moms about- how to get out stains, cook certain foods, fix household problems, solve social crisis...what would I do without my mom? In addition to this, I was watching Teen Mom (I know, I just outted myself on this, sorry, but the side of me that enjoyed psychology classes also enjoys watching these kids) and the teen dad says something to teen mom along the lines of "You're the mom, you have to be strong" and it got me thinking. I'm almost the wife of the family. The alpha female. Weird.

My mom has been training me since I was a child on how to be a godly wife. Her and my dad have been a great example to me for what love should look like. On the other hand, Gavin's parents did the same for him and were his example. What a blessing this will be for marriage.


Life isn't perfect and as much as I like to think Gavin and me are, we probably aren't always going to be. I am so thankful of this year that I've had to plan a wedding that will celebrate the years of mine and my families lives that have been put into planning a marriage.