Being married to my best friend is the best thing in the world.
It has been 6 months since the above picture was taken and yet it seems like just yesterday.
I woke up at 5am that morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. I walked downstairs to the little cafe/shop to grab myself some coffee then headed back up to my deck that overlooked the river to spend some time with the Lord. Over the previous years, we had talked about this day a lot – me and God. But now it was finally here and I just wanted to sit with Him and soak it in.
The rest of the day became a blur. Between getting my hair done to putting on my dress to making sure all the last minute details were covered, I didn’t have one moment to sit around. And once the butterflies started – somewhere around 3pm – I couldn’t have sat around if I tried! At some point, one of the resort staff knocked on my hotel door to tell us it was “go-time”. My bridesmaids went down before me to take their places. Erin Mast waited behind with me for just a second. We grabbed each others hands and started to cry a little as she prayed over me. Then we were out the door, down the hall and into our places.
Now here we are, 6 months and
He plays guitar in the living room. I edit pictures at the coffee table.
I was told that my cue to walk down the stairs would be the music change. As I stood there waiting on that deck I memorized the deep blue color of the sky and the way the top of the mountain reached up to touch it. I looked up at God one more time, my heart saying: “Look Daddy. Look where I’m at. Look what I’m about to do.” Then the music changed and I walked down the stairs towards my forever.
Now here we are, 6 months and
2 days later, living in our cute little one bedroom apartment in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
We’re loving this season of rest. I feel like God has placed us
in a safe nest where our best friends live down the street and
beautiful mountains watch over us – and entice us 🙂 Chris still makes
me laugh harder than anyone I’ve ever met. We both throw our stuff on
the floor and then complain how messy things get. We watch Lost or
Heroes or whatever movie Netflix has sent us each night before bed.
in a safe nest where our best friends live down the street and
beautiful mountains watch over us – and entice us 🙂 Chris still makes
me laugh harder than anyone I’ve ever met. We both throw our stuff on
the floor and then complain how messy things get. We watch Lost or
Heroes or whatever movie Netflix has sent us each night before bed.
He plays guitar in the living room. I edit pictures at the coffee table. We go out for sushi or eat all the snack-lady offerings at Costco.
We go for hikes and bike rides and runs on the treadmill when it’s too cold to go outside.
We cook dinner.
We drink wine.
We make fun of each other.
We fight. We forgive.
We challenge each other.
We comfort each other.
We love each other.
I couldn’t imagine life without Chris, my best friend.
Look Daddy!
Oh… We take our cat camping with us too!
