3 things I’m learning in the first 2 months of marriage.
Clay and I have been married for exactly 8 weeks today! It has both flown by and crept by somehow all at once. I have truly felt more happiness, peace, and joy than ever...
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planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 19 “in the transition”
Among many adjectives which can describe the season of engagement, “transition” most definitely stands out in the forefront of my mind. In the four and a half months I have been engaged, I have...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 8 “in the bittersweet”
This week is Christmas week. We are spending it with Clay’s family. This will be the first Christmas I have not spent with my family in all my 30 years of life. It’s a...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 7 “in the unideal”
I’m an idealist. I’m a dreamer. I’m a perfectionist. I conjure up in my mind exactly how I want my life and experiences in it to go, but they often don’t work out as...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 6 “in the busyness”
This past Sunday Clay and I had made plans to register at Pottery Barn and pick out our first Christmas tree. (We won’t live together until we are married, but it’s still our first tree...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 5 “in the ordinary”
This day was anything but ordinary. If you’d like to read our engagement story, you may do so here! But today, I am going to talk about the night Clay and I first made plans to...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 4 “in the unexpected”
I always dreamt of getting engaged. Always dreamt of what it would be like – laughing, smiling, and beaming constantly as I retold the story to friends and strangers alike. But I never dreamt...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 3 “in the balance”
“The way we achieve balance, my dear, is to consider prayerfully God’s priorities for us in this current season of life.” – Priscilla Shirer Wedding planning is a season, let me tell ya. In life,...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 2 “in the chaos”
I had a moment this week of: “weddings are stupid.” I told Clay the other night, “I don’t want to do this.” “You don’t want to marry me?” he teased. “No. I want to be married to you. I just don’t want...
planning your marriage while planning your wedding: week 1 “in control”
So much to do! These wedding plans have me a bit overwhelmed already. I told Clay on Tuesday night that I felt like a hypocrite for my first post of how to plan your wedding...
