Jun. 23, 2008
Our wedding week
Posted in Courtship and weddings
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This is what has been happening at our house this past week. What a week it was! On Friday, the week before the wedding Grace, the bride, got some kind of stomach thing. She had diarrhea and was throwing up. She was getting better from that on Saturday then she got the sore throat and fever that her sisters had all passed around. When Jordan, the groom, got to our house on Sunday, Grace wasn't feeling very good. We were very thankful this wasn't the Friday and Saturday of the wedding! Grace improved slowly during the week but wasn't very energetic. She was lots better on the day of her wedding. (Thank the Lord) On Saturday evening Mark's brother, Danny, and his wife, Terry, and their son, Ethan arrived from Florida. Terry was my right hand helper for the week. I literally couldn't have done the wedding without her help! She kept me organized and on track. She ran interference for me on things that needed attention but not necessarily my attention. She organized the food and help prepare it all week not just for the wedding. We had several things going on besides the wedding . On Monday part of Jordan's family (5 of their 11 kids and the parents) came to stay at our house. On Wednesday we went out on a pontoon boat all day at Lake Cumberland. It was a fun relaxing day. On Thursday we had a big pre-wedding party at the park with local friends and out of town relatives. I think there was around 120 people there. It was a pot luck so we just organized it and brought a few dishes to share. It was another fun night. Then Friday was decorate the church and organize the food day. We had lots of help so it went quickly. Friday night was the rehearsal dinner at Dale Hollow State Resort Park Lodge. Followed by the rehearsal. Saturday was the big day! Again we had lots of helpers. It is so fun to boss around so many people, especially if they are willing to be bossed. The wedding was beautiful and went off without a problem. We had the church cleaned and we were home by about 5. Then we had all our old and new relatives over for a pizza party - around 50 folks. So that was my exhausting but fun week. I will post later about the wedding with pictures. The happy couple forgot their marriage license so they called to make sure we got it and mailed it. They are now somewhere in Missouri headed toward South Dakota. Pray for us all this week. It is an emotional time. I find myself crying at the weirdest things like taking the sheets of Grace's bed or seeing her empty dresser. I was putting some of the wedding leftovers in freezer bags and realized I only needed enough food for 5 people now and started crying about that. Today in the shower I was crying about something and praying for the Lord to give me grace in this . That was the wrong thing to pray because it just made me think of our Grace. Why did we name her that?!? I can't imagine having a child die; it is hard enough having one move across the country. I know each day will get easier and that the Lord will help me through this. He is my comfort and strength. I may have all the girls left at home sign a contract that they won't get married for at least 4 more years and especially not to someone far away. We won't let them visit Grace in South Dakota just in case they might meet some of Jordan's friends.  Feelings after a wedding, especially one where your child is moving far away, are kinda like after you go through labor and delivery... this is too hard . I don't ever want to do this again. But I know we will when the Lord sends along another godly young man like He has done for Lydia and Grace. |
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