My
husband, Jody, and I were married in March of 1995 at the local
Assembly
of God Church where we
both attended. The pastor who married us
was Reverend Leonard Stoner. Our wedding colors were red,
white and black. Our flower of choice was a red rose. We
had two special songs at our wedding, The Rose, sung by my husband's
Aunt Joyce (who happened to be the piano player and song leader for our
church) and Love Lives On by Joe Cocker. (That was my
husband's pick, it's from the movie Harry and the Hendersons, and at
the time I thought he was crazy, now I can't hear the song without
getting teary eyed!)
Our
daughter, Krista, was only five months old at our wedding and
acted as the honorary flower girl. She had a beautiful
white dress with red roses and looked like a little angel.
My matron of honor was my Aunt Janey (who always seemed more
like a sister than an aunt to me) and my husband's brother,
Gary, was his best man. Gary's oldest son, Michael, was
our ring bearer. My husband's cousin, Anne, was our
candle lighter. My Aunt Joyce made us a beautiful
wedding cake adorned with red roses and my Uncle John (who
happened to work for a local newspaper) took all of the
wedding pictures for us. Our wedding was truly a family
affair! We were very blessed to have all of them.
The best part of any wedding story is the love story of how it
all began...
Jody
and I met in high school Biology class. He was one of
the first people I met at a new school. There was
something special about him from the beginning. He
wasn't the normal kind of guy I was interested in, but he had
an amazing attraction to me. We started our relationship
as friends, getting to know each other and depend on one
another. We spent a big part of that school year
with each other and by the end of the year we were
inseparable. We began dating that summer and spent
almost every waking moment together, and loved it! Even
as young as we were there was no doubt that we were meant to
be together. We had dreams of getting married and having
a family. Dreams that would come true sooner than what
we had planned...
We discovered I was pregnant by beginning of the following
March. Jody was right there with me from the time the
stick turned blue to the delivery room, where he held my hand
and assured me through a complicated birth. We had a
beautiful baby girl with fiery red hair who we named Krista.
A few months later we were married. We were both told it wouldn't
last, that we were too young. Our first years were very
difficult, we fought a lot (we were living with his parents
and working on remodeling a house that had been badly damaged
by a fire.) We separated many times over the first five
years of our marriage. Finally, shortly before the birth
of our second daughter, Sydnee, we decided to give things one
last try. I had already hired an attorney to get a
divorce, things had gotten so bad. That last try was so
worth it. We are now happily married and are friends
like we were while dating. What saved our marriage?
Would you believe it was a love poem? Jody wrote me all
kinds of sweet wonderful things while we were dating, but I
never got one in the time we were married, until he asked me
to give it one more try. I was so touched that he had
taken the time to write me something so special I was in
tears. That poem was a bigger blessing than he could
have ever know when he was writing it.
So,
where are we now? We have been together for over 10
years (married 8 1/2). Life together is by no means
perfect, but we both know now that it is forever, and we
wouldn't have it any other way. Sometimes you have to
live through the worst times in your life to appreciate the
best times. I truly believe that is how it has worked
out for Jody and I, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I love you, honey. (c:
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