Vows 2011
Planning a
wedding in one
year? It’s possible, but get started
now!
never wanted to get married. I had not been planning the big day since I was 8. I did not have colors already picked out, and I couldn’t even tell you what came after “Something old, something new …” Then I met the man that would become my husband. He was romantic, helped clean up after dinner, stayed up late with me reading novels aloud and even let my dog lie in bed with us. In my eyes, he was perfect and I now knew why people expressed their love by committing to it for better or worse, and whether or not he picked his wet bath towel up off the floor. Yes, I was starting to see things on the bride side. And even though I didn’t always think of myself as the marrying kind. It wasn’t the commitment that was giving me cold feet, it was the fact that I wanted everything to be perfect when I finally said "I do." But I was a lifetime behind the rest of my girlfriends, who’d been dreaming about this day since they were old enough to 10
Bakersfield Life 2011 Vows
We all want everything to be perfect when we finally say “I do.”
Photo by Holly Carlyle
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By Natalie Erlendson-Smith