The love cloud continues.

July 19, 2010

Dana and Drew. Married.

It’s really crazy how wrapped up we get in planning a wedding. Sometimes I think we get so wrapped up in all the little details – the flowers, the cake, the color of our bridesmaids dresses – that we forget what is really going on around us. Dana and Drew had some interesting wedding plans from day one. And, oh boy, did those wedding plans change! They had originally planned to get married at North Bank Park. Soon after planning the wedding they purchased a beautiful home on some lovely land. What better idea than to commit their lives to each other where they plan to live their life? Awesome. So, the wedding was moved to their home where they planned to have a beautiful outdoor ceremony and reception. On June 27th, the BIG day, Dana and Drew woke up to a horrendous weather report. 90 degree weather and storms. Ugh! Quickly, friends and family helped the couple move the ceremony across the street to a quaint little church known as “Life Bridge Church”.

This crazy story takes me back to my wedding day. All week I stalked the weather report. All week it said 90 degrees with 80% chance of thunderstorms. Stress. Stress, I tell you. I was so determined to have my wedding outside, I didn’t care if the sky opened up and Jason and I stood in a huge heap of mud.

God works in mysterious ways. The weather held out…we had a beautiful wedding. The same with Dana and Drew. That little quaint church was home for a small group of people that day. A group of people that witnessed something magical. Dana and Drew committing their entire lives to one another. Getting wrapped up in the small things can really change the mood of a wedding day. It didn’t feel that way when you saw these two together. It didn’t matter where they stood and said their vows. Their love cloud just wrapped around everyone and it was infectious. It was perfect. The location change, the weather, the stress of all of this…this was all forgotten when they looked into each others eyes. What was important on June 27th, 2010? The marriage. The commitment. Two hearts becoming one. They did it. They’ve said “I will” forever.