Happily Ever After

In March of 2006 I became a wife to the love of my life.  We found each other across the ocean and began our happily ever after in an amazing ceremony attended by friends and family.  The American contingency was well represented and as is American tradition, we held a “rehearsal dinner” after the rehearsal for the wedding on the night before the wedding.  The Reverend marrying us had never seen so many people attend a rehearsal!

To get the Americans and English to mingle properly before “the big day”, we had a brilliant Chinese dinner at a local hotel.  There was too much food and way too much wine.  I ended up in tears far too many times, mostly due to stress but courtesy of some amazing friends, family and memories.  My Dad and Mom presented everyone in attendance with Mardi Gras beads in the colours of our favourite American Football team, the Green Bay Packers.  My husband-to-be, however, got a Harley-Davidson set of beads.  I found this particularly amusing, as is evident by the picture above.

In the church photo session hubby decided to sweep me off my feet and show me just how much he loved me…I love these moments.  They’re a bit fewer and far between now but he’s always brilliant at sweeping me off my feet.

In the moments that followed after we left the church as husband and wife on that cold, crisp day in March, hubby and I looked at each other and said, “WE DID IT!”  It was a blissful moment that was OURS and OURS alone.  Who would have imagined that a girl from the midwest of the United States could find the love of her life in an Englishman 4000 miles away?  We did do it and we are living our happily ever after with our amazing daughter.  Bliss…

Thank you Tara and Josie for another brilliant Gallery/Writing Workshop prompt…this week- EMOTION!