a bit of happily ever after.

"They say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true." - Sleeping Beauty

There are so many beautiful stories I'm processing from the wedding and the honeymoon, so many gifts to still open, so many pictures to cry and grin over, and so many emails and well-wishes to respond to. There are so many beautiful ways God's been faithful in the past week. There are so many ways I've fallen deeper in love with my husband (may I never grow tired of using that phrase) which have lead to only loving God more. There are so many bits of our happily ever after I can't wait to write about.

But for now, I don't have the time to put all that's gone through my head and notebooks into words.

All I can say is that:

I'm married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I feel just to use as many exclamation marks as a middle schooler, because that's how I feel).

It was beautiful and it happened and I'm weeping right now because it was perfection. He has made all my dreams come true and that I can't even remember a time before the wedding bliss of being completely his wife.

- M.C.

To My Love

Dearest,
You are my best friend, my love, my treasure.
I can't remember a feeling of love that wasn't completely for you.
As the Notebook says,“You are, and always have been, my dream.” 
You've given me new dreams for my life, you've made me  your dream.
Your smile is the thing I've been looking for in a man my entire life.
My heart falls into your heart, my hands fall into your hands.
Your not a Prince Charming and your not perfect, but your perfect for me.
We're young and we're going to figure this thing called life out together.
Just you, me, and the world.
You passionately serve the Savior, you devote your life to Him.
You text me in the middle of the night and send me photo's of everything beautiful you see.
You took a chance several years back in trying to love me and it was the best chance you ever made.
We've messed up and we haven't done it perfectly.
Most days I thought we'd never make it this far.
But we've done it and we're going to keep on pushing.
Because seeing your grin everyday makes it worth it.
I know we'd both walk a million miles just to spend time with one another.
We're so different, but we share the same love.
I'll love you until the day we die, and even after that.
Of the billions that walk the earth each day, your my favorite.
I love the way your favorite color is the color of the beach's sunrise.
I love that you make confused faces even when everything makes sense.
I love the way you always take me on the most creative dates.
I love the way you drum your fingers when your nervous.
I love the way you never don't have something beautiful to say to me.
I love how you draw me close and all I can hear is your heartbeat.
Your always positive and you always are trying to glorify God in every area.
If I had to listen to one sound for the rest of my life, it would be the strum of your guitar.
Darling, I can't wait to be completely yours tomorrow.
I can't wait to kiss you at the alter.
You were so worth waiting for.
 Completely yours,
Your Girl               

 

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“So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday. (The Notebook)”

 

I'm getting married tomorrow to the greatest boy ever. I feel infinite. He's made me the happiest. I'll update you all when I come back from the honeymoon!

Today, I finished my last day at work. I hug (and cried) as I had to tell my sweet kids goodbye after so many happy weeks of watching them. They've taught me so much and been a huge part of my life this season.

Tomorrow, it will be a week until my wedding. My wedding dress is hanging up in my parent's house and every detail from napkins to candles are finally finished. I'm so very ready. I can't wait to finally be married after so much waiting.

This isn't what I imagined for my 19th year of life. I imagined myself as a independent college student pursuing music. I didn't expect to be a wife this year. I didn't except to be moving a month after my honeymoon. I didn't expect for there to be more and more talks of ministry and missions.

But God had different plans. He brought an island girl and a rough missionary boy together. We've both taught each other so much of the world. He's put us on the same journey together. We're too imperfect human beings serving a perfect God and trusting His perfect plan. It's a journey that we can't see what it's going to look like, but we know where we'll end up. I can't wait for the good days and I also can't wait to learn from the hard days.

I can't wait to start these happy golden years of marriage in a week. I can't wait to share a little apartment and make things work with almost no money. I can't wait to spend all of our days together until we grow old. I can't wait to love each other no matter that the world throws at us. I can't wait to care for each other in sickness and in health. I can't wait to hear the sound of my boy's guitar every day of my life. I can't wait to be entirely his, both in our hearts and in our flesh. I can't wait to take many beautiful adventure together. I can't wait to have many kids together, raising them up in Christ.

So different than I dreamed, but it's going to be beautiful.