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In preparation for our first dance, Mr. Seashell and I signed up for dancing lessons. Part of the reason was because we chose a song that we, frankly, had no clue how to dance to.

Assuming you’ve come to learn a little about me, it should surprise you that our first dance was to an upbeat country song. It should be even more surprising that I suggested it. But sometime early into dating Mr. Seashell I came to learn that he was a bit of a country music fan. On occasion I’d tolerate it, but more often than not I’d roll my eyes and request a change of tune. But one evening he put a CD in our car and told me to give this artist a chance. Halfway into a certain song I admitted that I actually liked it.

Then, months later, we went to a Pat Green concert. When the song came on that slowly had become “our song” Mr. Seashell pulled me close. Pat sang, “And it came upon me wave on wave, You’re the reason I’m still here, Am I the one you were sent to save?” and he said in my ear, “You know it’s true.” In that moment I knew it was the song we had to dance to at our wedding.

Mile upon mile got no direction

We’re all playing the same game

We’re all looking for redemption

We’re just afraid to say the name

So caught up now in pretending

And it came upon me wave on wave

You’re the reason I’m still here

Am I the one you were sent to save

And it came upon me wave on wave

I wondered out into the water

And I thought that I might drown

I don’t know what I was after

Just know I was going down

That’s when she found me

Wave on wave, wave on wave…

The clouds broke and the angels cried

You ain’t gotta walk alone

That’s why they put me in your way

And it came upon me wave on wave

(Here’s a video my uncle captured of our first dance. It doesn’t show in the pictures, but the video shows how nervous we were! But I treasure it.)

First Dance from Seashell on Vimeo.

Previously in the Seashell Wedding:

• One Shell of a Wedding! : Two Days Before
• One Shell of a Wedding! : The Day Before
• One Shell of a Wedding! : We Rehearse
• One Shell of a Wedding! : The Welcome Party
• One Shell of a Wedding! : Time to Get Ready
• One Shell of a Wedding! : Getting Bridal
• One Shell of a Wedding! : Boys, Bow Ties, and a Surprise
• One Shell of a Wedding! : Seashells and Wedding Bells
• One Shell of a Wedding! : The Ceremony (Part 1)
• One Shell of a Wedding! : The Ceremony (Part 2)
• One Shell of a Wedding! : You & Me
• One Shell of a Wedding! : The Photo Shoot of a Lifetime
• One Shell of a Wedding! : All The Small Things
• One Shell of a Wedding! : Cocktails, Toasts, Dinner & Cake