It happens. Life gets busy and the ring of your finger starts to feel a little normal and you settle in. Work and bills and other mundane things begin to take precedence, and you start to feel like you’ll just be engaged forever. The wedding feels like a far-off fairytale and, hey, you’re pretty happy right here anyway!
And then there’s some kind of catalyst. For us, it was hitting the three-month mark ’til the wedding. 92 days and counting. We’re into double digits now and everything feels like it’s happening a bit fast all of a sudden. Gone are the days when we couldn’t think of anything to do- now it’s meetings with our musicians and phone calls with our moms and prepping for showers and fittings and rehearsals. Suddenly, the wedding feels real.
It is exciting? Oh my gosh, yes. It’s also terrifying. And I’m not talking about our to-do list (which, all of a sudden, seems infinite). We’re committing to forever with each other, and last I checked that was a very long time. It’s a scary thought because neither of us can say what the next ten, thirty, fifty years will bring. But I know there’s no one I’d rather face it with. And that’s what marriage is, right? A lifelong partnership with your best friend, through thick and thin. What a romantic idea!
I’m coming to terms with the wedding now being a mere 89 (!) days away. In fact, I get a little more giddy every day. Honeymoon, here we come! Now, I just need to wrap my head around being his wife…
So what about all you other bride-to-be’s out there? Have you had any epiphanic moments when you suddenly realized that all this was going to culminate in a real event, after which you’d really be married? What did it for you? A date? Watching him try on rings? Buying your veil? I’d love to know I’m not alone!
All Photography by Megan Moore