Wedding Blog

Last Wednesday, Mr. D and I trekked over to City Hall during my lunch break and got our marriage license . It was yet again one of those surreal experiences, when you are like, wow this is really happening!

I love this picture of us - It was immediately after we stepped outside City Hall after getting our official paperwork. It was a moment when the stress melted away briefly and it just felt like, hey, all of this craziness around us is not the be all and end all…it’s actually about the fact that we are going to get married .

Now, I know you are going “Well, duh, of course you are getting married.” But now that we are drawing so close to the wedding, I think it is sometimes really easy to get sucked into the endless to-do lists, tracking down RSVPs, fielding questions left and right from family and friends, etc. All of this in addition to really trying to be on top of my game at work so as to tie up loose ends and go out with a bang, as I get ready to head off for 3 weeks. I haven’t gotten much sleep lately, and I really have just been feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed. My schedule has just been completely nonstop. Even finding time to get our marriage license was tough. Thanks to Mr. D, who registered us online the week prior, we were able to squeeze this into my lunch break.

It was while we were waiting for our paperwork that we observed another couple who was getting married across the room. It was a very humble ceremony, with just a few good friends who were snapping pictures. The woman had a very simple Sunday dress and was holding a bouquet, and the man was wearing a simple suit. It was all so humble and simple, yet you could see the joy and excitement in their faces as they repeated their vows in front of the judge. And when they took out the rings, I couldn’t help but get teary-eyed seeing their glowing smiles. Something about the simplicity and humility of it all was just really pure and beautiful, and it just reminded me that we don’t have to have all of this glitz and glamour to get married. Of course, it is nice to have and can add to the celebration. But for me in that moment, seeing that couple just brought back some perspective and lifted some of that stress off.

So I love this picture because I feel like we both just look so genuinely excited and happy . It was like I suddenly remembered that regardless of whether the programs look perfect or the favors match our color scheme, we will soon be married and that is really what all of this is about.