We attended a wedding last weekend. Moments like those, shared with sweet friends, always take me back to my own wedding for at least a moment or two. Of course, now that we have children, they also take me forward to thoughts of how I might feel years down the road when we're on the other side, sending our offspring off into this crazy thing called marriage. Emotions run high, for sure. At the reception, as we sat chatting with some other friends, one asked if I had a favorite memory from the day we got married. Without hesitation, I answered, "My favorite part was that we were finally married and could just stay together." That last year before we married was hard. I was still in college in Henderson, TN. My then-fiance` was in Memphis, starting grad school and working nights. We saw each other about once a month and subsisted on phone calls and emails between then. We dated/were together as a couple for three years and four months before we married. And I was so glad that I could kiss him goodnight and not have to go somewhere else. Don't get me wrong. There were lots of other memories from that day. Like this one in the picture below: That was taken in the nursery before the ceremony. I was so giddy with excitement that I was literally spinning in circles.
I think sometimes it's good to go back and remember moments like this, especially when things get rough or mundane. It's nice to bring to mind all the little highs in your relationship and how it all felt back when it was new. Even though we're much more comfortable with each other now, fourteen years later, those moments of romance are nice to sneak in once in a while, too. So, I'm curious. When you remember your wedding day, what's a favorite memory or part of yours? Does thinking about it make you feel a bit more romantic towards your spouse?
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