...throughout the course of our engagement thus far, I have come to the conclusion that people, in general, really like weddings. Whenever people find out I am engaged, they naturally ask about the wedding and I have heard "congratulations" more times in the past 8 weeks than I ever have before in my life. Two examples in particular stand out:
1. Last weekend, my parents took me and Jason and my sister's family to Manitou Station, where we are having our reception. We decided to go and celebrate a late birthday for me and try out the food and show them the place. Once our server found out we were getting married there she was so excited for us and asked for lots of details and told us to take everyone upstairs to the banquet area and take a quick peek around, since my family hadn't seen it yet. Once upstairs, one of the catering staff welcomed us and invited us to look around to our heart's content, even though they were setting up for another event at the time.
2. This past Saturday, in my Women's Bible Study that I meet with biweekly, they were inspired by our upcoming wedding and the passage that we were studying - 2 Corinthians 13 - so they each brought a wedding picture of themselves from there weddings 10, 20, or 30+ years ago. We spent the first 15 minutes or so passing the pictures around the table and the other women reminisced about their weddings. I could tell on their faces that even after all these years, their weddings brought back a special memory for each one of them and that they all enjoyed remembering that day and having the opportunity to share it with all of us.
As many people have reminded me, slow down and try to enjoy this time, because it goes so fast and before you know it, it's over...case and point, we are nearly at the halfway point in our engagement and I can't believe that he proposed to me 2 months ago already!
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