On December 15th 2010 I got married to my now husband, not realizing what the next 15 years would bring. Little did I know, that those 15 years would not be boring ones, by any means.
We had already been engaged since around June of 2010. Through family drama on his side and mine, our engagement made for a happier time for a little bit. The summer turned into fall, and we continued with our daily lives until a few different people looked at me and said I was ‘Glowing’. Well, I just took it as a compliment, not even thinking that pregnancy would even be a consideration at the time.
Finally, to get everyone off my back, I took a test. Thinking it’d be negative and that Daniel and I could move on with our lives, and wedding planning. Well, that negative I was expecting was actually a positive. My husbands cousin who was staying the night was the first one to know (since he was the only other one awake). He just smiled, said congratulations and we both chuckled about it. I had no idea what else to do. When Daniel woke up, I told him, and this man, who is always calm, and cool, and collected, of course just said “Okay, cool” With a soft grin.
Well, when we told our parents we got just about a similar reaction. My mom was surprised, where as his father simply said “You Two will get married before that child’s born”. To which Daniel said (and I still laugh at this to this day) said “Duh”.
I however, was much more intimidated by my soon to be Father in Law, and also probably a little bit excited to get married, called the very next day and scheduled it. The soonest appointment they had was December 15th 2010. From that point on I spent my time trying to find a simple, but still cute white dress, and creating a bouquet with Daniels sister and my mother.
The morning of our wedding I woke up at like 4am, waking up everyone else as I would be taking the longest to get ready, and the wedding itself was also in the morning. The wedding itself was beautiful, since it was Christmas time there were lights everywhere, and they even allowed us to say our vows near their Christmas tree.
After everything was said and done, we got a hotel room which had a hot tub and heated pool and had fun, finally retiring to our room around 10(ish) where we celebrated our marriage with sparkling apple cider in champagne flutes (being that he was 18 and I was 19)
And here we are, 15 years later, about to bring another life into this world, created from the love we have of one another, all after dealing with financial hardships, infertility, cancer, deaths, through it all we’ve grown, and our love has stayed strong. Our story is an unusual one, but I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world. They say that when you find your person, you just know. And now, I totally understand what people mean by that. I couldn’t imagine my life without this guy.
