Well it's been a few weeks.
Oofda!
Crazy busy times + no internet = no blogging.
But now I'm sitting in our living room, cuddled up to my hubby, watching Forrest Gump while we paint some artwork for our new place.
I gave up on my painting.
For now anyway...
And decided I wanted to blog instead.
Writing comes far more naturally to me than painting.
So! Busy busy awesome times!
We moved into our apartment one week ago.
I am loving it!
It's wonderful to finally have our own place!
We still have just a few more stuff to unpack, but we're almost complete!
It's wonderful to finally have our own place!
We still have just a few more stuff to unpack, but we're almost complete!
Don't worry, I'll get pics up eventually...
But more important than our moving in, Thomas and I were finally sealed today!
{There's some "sneak peak" pictures below, curtosy of Kristin Jones - - Check her out!! --> http://www.anyanglephotography.com/}
It was a perfectly wonderful ceremony,
If you're unfamiliar with what I'm talking about, allow me to explain...
In Mormonism, we have different ordinances that we participate in throughout our lives. These include baptism, confirmation, and sealing.
To be sealed to your spouse is to be bound as husband and wife for eternity.
In a typical civil marriage, a couple is married unto "death parts us."
But in an LDS temple marriage, a husband and wife are married "for time and all eternity."
Typically, when two Mormon members want to marry, they get married in the temple. However, because I was a convert, and my entire family was Catholic and therefore unable to enter the temple for the ceremony, Thomas and I chose to get married in a chapel instead of a temple, which meant it was to be a civil ceremony.
We then had to wait a year before we could receive our sealing and be bound together for eternity in the St. Paul Temple.
If it's confusing, check out my post: What's the Difference?
I explain it all in there.
So today was the day.
And it was perfect.
I was kneeling at the alter, holding my wonderful husband's hands, listening to the words in this blessing, and this overwhelming feeling of gratitude and thankfulness flooded me.
Here I was, with this amazing man before me, and he had chosen me to spend the rest of forever with.
Do you understand how long forever is?
It's a long time.
I started crying as I thought of everything we've been through to get to where we finally are.
Almost seven years of ups, downs, mountains to climb, easy times to soar through.
Almost seven years of laughter, tears, joy, and pain.
Here was someone before me who had stood by side through so much in life.
I knelt there thinking I am such a lucky woman.
Because I know, for a surety, that this man is someone who will never forsake me.
He'll take care of me when I'm sick.
He'll make me happy when I'm sad.
He'll be strong when I'm weak.
He'll be my shoulder when I need to cry.
He'll be my better half...forever.
Sometimes, especially lately, I get frustrated when I think of our relationship. I throw myself pity parties, and sit thinking about how Thomas and I have had to do "everything" the hard way: the mission, my conversion, almost seven years of mountains to climb. our wedding, and our miscarriage.
But today, kneeling at that alter, thinking about everything Thomas & I have had to work through to get to that alter today, instead of feeling frustrated, I felt overjoyed. I felt grateful. Those trials have made Thomas and I so strong.
Our relationship is deep and true and full.
And through every battle we've had to fight, Thomas has stood by my side.
Thomas has been my better half.
And he's now my better half for eternity.
I know I gush about him a lot.
I know I get mushy gushy and make you want to gag.
But today was the most meaningful, important day of my life.
I am so thankful that Heavenly Father brought Thomas and i together.
I don't believe it's coincidence that Thomas' family moved here from England for his dad's work.
It was purposeful.
It was one of the first step's in God's plan.
I am so eager for our future together.
I am so eager to see what else Heavenly Father has in store for us.
I love this life.
I love my husband.
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