(que Jaws music)
It is here. In all it’s stressful, beautiful, exciting glory. Wedding Week.
There are a lot of emotions riding through this week. Sad to be leaving the home I lived in for 23 years, happy to be moving into a new home, ecstatic to marry my best friend, stressed about what I still need to do to get there.
Despite all these crazy emotions going on, I’ve had a few moments to breathe, which I am very grateful for. It’s hard to believe 10 months ago (Christmas Day to be exact) David asked me to marry him. As sappy as it is (and I HATE sappy), I still can’t get over how excited I was when it happened. And now I’m here. Days away from marriage.
A few things I am excited about this week?
Spa Day– Tomorrow my aunt, sister, and mom will all go to the spa for the better part of the day and get pampered with massages, manicures, pedicures and facials. Ahhh to be lounging with my feet soaking and a mimosa in hand. I feel like a new woman just thinking about it.
{spa day feelings}
Bachlorette Night– Tomorrow night (whoa, that just hit me it’s already tomorrow…) I’ll be going out with my girls and then some for a night of festivities. I have no idea what the night consists of but get me with those girls and a margarita that looks like a baby pool and I’ll be a happy camper.
Wedding Day– Obvi. I’m not even gonna hit on that cause I wouldn’t stop :)
New Names– I love my current last name. Like a lot. It’s very Irish and short and easy to pronounce and remember (it’s Breen btw). I’ve always been at the front of the alphabet. Not anymore! It’s gonna be hard to get used to, but I am excited to take David’s name. I have to correct people all the time on how to pronoucnce it, it’s towards the end of the alphabet, and no one no hows to spell it. (it’s Schunior btw, rhymes with junior). Looks like a new address isn’t the only change I have to get used to…
Barbeques– The day after the wedding we are having all the out of towners and our bridal party over for a barbeque to come and just chill and have more time to catch up. Just glad I’ll get to see everyone one last time before everyone travels back home.
Honeymoonin’ – Leaving for Bostion in a week AND THEN after a few days there we cruise down to Bermuda for a little over a week. A little New England in the fall and the sunny ocean while jet skiing? Score.
With all that said, I’ve been praying and pondering about the concept of marriage and what the Church teaches on it. BTW if you’ve never looked it up in the chatechism, you need to.
Here’s a snippet or two I’ve been loving…
The nuptial covenant between God and his people Israel had prepared the way for the new and everlasting covenant in which the Son of God, by becoming incarnate and giving his life, has united to himself in a certain way all mankind saved by him, thus preparing for “the wedding-feast of the Lamb.” (CCC 1612)
AND
The love of the spouses requires, of its very nature, the unity and indissolubility of the spouses’ community of persons, which embraces their entire life: “so they are no longer two, but one flesh.”153 They “are called to grow continually in their communion through day-to-day fidelity to their marriage promise of total mutual self-giving.”154 This human communion is confirmed, purified, and completed by communion in Jesus Christ, given through the sacrament of Matrimony. It is deepened by lives of the common faith and by the Eucharist received together. (CCC 1644)
So this week I just ask for a prayer or two for David and I if you have a tiny moment. I hope to have the chance to post a time or two but a good chunk of it will be pre-scheduled posts. But I have a few guest posts coming up I think you’ll love.
On that note, I’m gonna go finish my last day of work. 3 days and counting…
This Northern Belle 