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Tomorrow I'm getting married tomorrow. Tomorrow. When we got engaged and then decided to get married in June, it seemed far off. Even though I knew it was only six months away, it seemed so far off. And now it's tomorrow. Everything is ready. The house is sparkling, thanks to some last minute help from Patti. Patti has been saving my soul and my sanity today, reminding me of everything I've been forgetting and not laughing too hard when I take the wrong exit - twice - while bringing her home from the airport. Then she ran all over town with me this afternoon as we ate burritos and picked up shoes and braved the grocery store on a Friday afternoon, which is a feat. But I now have fruit and pastry for Sunday's brunch, and shoes for tonight, and Greg's shoes are all softened and things are good. I am a little scattered. I'm getting married tomorrow! I have to paint my nails and pack. Last night Greg's mom gave me a beautiful linen handkerchief to carry tomorrow. I'm going to be part of a new family. It's really amazing. I'm going to have a new family. I'm going to have Greg. He is going to be my family. Just writing that makes me a little weepy. We finally picked readings - a beautiful e.e. cummings poem (I love you, Eliza) and a sonnet of EB Browning's (not "how do I love thee"). We chose our vows. The chocolate meece arrived and they are precious. Everything's ready, and I am ready, and we are getting married tomorrow. It's hard to write down exactly how happy I am, or any of the things I'm actually feeling. Maybe I will be better at it after the wedding, when I have pictures to show you and I can actually process everything. I am getting married tomorrow to the finest man I have ever known, and I am very, very lucky. And I know it. And I promise to never take it for granted. If you could all manage to spare some of your very best thoughts for me and mine tomorrow at noon, it would be appreciated more than you know. Thank you for the good wishes we have already received, and, as always, for being a part of this journey. |