The Wedding

It was absolutely beautiful in every way! The bride was beautiful, the flowers were beautiful, the ceremony was beautiful, even the programs (is that what you call them in a wedding?) were beautiful... well, you get the picture. =)

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered..."


"With this ring..."


My favorite part was the hour I spent doing the bride's hair and getting her ready for the happiest day of her life (so far). We had a room in the church all to ourselves for wedding preperations, and the other bridesmaids did not start arriving until after I had finished her hair, so we had a quiet, unstressed hour together (the last time I would have with her before she became "Mrs. R").


K did an amazing job with all the flowers, from the bouquets to the boutonnieres to the arrangments in both the church and reception hall. Yeah, she's pretty much a rock star!

There are days...

when everything is just wrong, and all you can do is hope that forgiveness is still available (though undeserved).

Falling, falling, sinking down, doubting in despond.
Is their hope will I live, is their life beyond?
Dark the night, hard the fight, shadows closing in.
I am sinking underneath this burden of my sin!

Then a light split the night, I heard someone say,
"I have come to lift you up, help you find your way!"
Then he drew me from the mire, helped me learn to stand.
Glad I am that Help was near, reaching out his hand.

Then he drew me from the mire, helped me learn to stand.
Glad I am that Help was near, reaching out his hand.
~ Judy Rogers

Why are you cast down, O my soul,and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. ~ Psalm 43:5