I . . . don't even know where to start. Life has been super crazy over the last month - for two weeks especially. I was beyond blessed to be a part of two dear friends weddings this Summer, both within 2 weeks of each other. The first one being 2 days after I got back from vacation. Here's the story in summary : I met this dude my "freshman" year and he quickly became my big brother (which is what I needed at the time). God had really laid him on my heart to be praying for him, and one of the things I prayed for him the most was that God would bless him (in His timing) with a crazy awesome young woman who was in love with Jesus, full of grace and forgiveness, kind, encouraging, would spur him on, seek God before all else, and speak Spanish (my big brother just happens to speak Spanish and has a great passion for the language and that which surrounds it). February 15th, 2012 A group of us were studying/chillin' at the library after an event, and (we'll call him MGH, short for Mi Gran Hermano, which is what I call him) MGH looked really nervous, so I texted and asked him what was wrong and he proceeded to tell me via Facebook chat how yesterday, Valentines Day, he had given this girl (we'll call her Juice) a letter expressing certain feelings that he had, and the next day they were going to talk about it. First response? He's my big bro, I'm his lil sis - I don't know this girl. So I made it my mission to get to know her to make sure she was okay for my big brother. I take my job as a younger sibling very seriously. And wouldn't you know it, she turned out to be everything that I prayed for my big bro and more. I was blessed enough to not only get to know her, but spend some wonderful time with her talking, crafting, and listening to old radio dramas. I was asked to be their flower girl and ring bearer, as well as one of the toast givers and assistor in some of the decor setup. What fun! My day started at 5:20am and ended when I got home at about 2:00am. One of my best buds came with me and not only rode in the car with me for a total of 5ish hours, but also did whatever needed to be done during the day as well. She's a trooper ^.^ It was a wonderful day. It was rather hot (especially all in black), but it was wonderful. My fear of tripping while walking down the aisle didn't occur, but I did manage to get one of the rings stuck in my pocket. The toast managed to go well as well - only fumbled once I think. Which is great, cause as much as I love words and putting them out there, public speaking - not my thing. But I've known what I would say at their wedding (and was secretly really hoping I would somehow be involved and be able to share) since they first started dating. Success! Alright, wedding #2. This was the wedding of a friend (we'll call him Hubert) I've known since elementary school, I believe, as well as another friend (we'll call her Amazing) who has grown very dear to me in the last 1 1/2 years that I've known her. And oh my goodness, their story is a great one, too! One that isn't mine to tell, however. It was a beautiful wedding. Amazing is such a creative person and she did an amazing job thinking up and creating all sorts of different things. Like our bouquets. Our bouquets were super awesome, handmade (by her and a few other helpers) wood and felt sunflowers. When she first told me she wanted us to carry sunflowers made out of felt, I was like, " . . . Huh". But oh golly, they were neat! I was asked to be a bridesmaid, and was able to do so alongside one of my besties, Madi, who was the maid-of-honor. One of the things I loved about this wedding is that it was such a symbol of healing, in many ways. One of which, and by far the most humorous for Madi and I, were the amount of exes that were involved. The maid-of-honor is the groom's ex, the photographer is the bride's ex, the wedding coordinator is one of the groomsmen's ex, and one of the bridesmaids is an ex of one of the groomsmen - both of which are younger siblings of the bride and groom. It was cool to have so much history apart of one wedding, and yet there was no drama or bitterness to be found - just support and joy. How cool is that? It was such a fun day to be apart of. From the rehearsal dinner and waltz practice (words can't express just how much fun and how entertaining it was to dance with my partner-in-crime groomsman. Seriously, I love that guy. We laughed way more and had more fun than anyone else did, I'm sure of it) where I ended up splitting my toe open, getting ready in the morning with the rest of the bridesmaids (who are all fabulous women), to taking pictures - both serious and ridiculous, to carrying those awesome giant sunflowers around and threatening people with them, to watching a beautiful ceremony that was so uniquely them, to dancing back down the aisle with my groomsman in crime and awesome friend, to being able to meet everyone who came to support the bride and groom on their big day through the receiving line, to dancing the first dance with them , to helping out with a mini dance lesson with someone I had only met that morning (which ended up being super fun), to photo moments, various dancing, and so. much. laughter. Another thing I absolutely loved was that all of the bridesmaids and groomsmen wore different colored Converse. So great! To end the string of festivities, Madi came over after the wedding and we hardcore relaxed after the crazy busyness of the past few weeks. We indulged ourselves with dinner, ice cream, sippy cups, my new (and possible all-time favorite) book, and FINALLY watched Sharknado 2: The Second One together. It was a lovely way to end the chaos. My brain is all sorts of scattered right now. I know there's probably important and memorable information that I wanted to portray to y'all that I missed, but it's taken me 1 1/2 weeks just to write that. This Summer was supposed to be boring. Not that I wanted it to be, I just had nothing going on, except for, of course, these two weddings. And then POOF! Wedding duties, ministries, dancing, people, lots of growth, traveling, and all sorts of other stuff happened. Super grateful for such a full, memorable Summer. And, hopefully, I'll be able to share a little more of what's been going on recently :)
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