Wedding Photos

So I love looking at wedding pictures. I don’t even care if I know the people or not. I just love looking at them. It’s not even that I’m pining to plan my own wedding, although some day down the road that will be fan-freaking-tastic! It’s just that in no other group of pictures does anyone look so happy and content and at peace and gorgeous and just so darn smug! I love it.

Facebook is a great for random wedding photo perusing. If you know someone who posts a comment about someone  else’s photos you can look at them! How ingenious is that? That’s how I find a lot of pictures. They’re all different but the one constant is just the sparkle in both the bride and groom’s eyes.

I want to always look at my husband like that–I know that sometimes he’ll irritate me beyond belief and every once and a while we’ll make each other mad or sad or whatever–that can happen in a relationship–although hopefully that’s not too frequently–but whatever, I still want to be THAT happy 10, 15, 30, 55 years whatever down the road.

I think too many people forget why they got married in the first place–because they just love being with that other person. I think too many people give up when times get tough and romance isn’t on the front burner any longer. You have to work, work, work at it. And the funny thing is when you love the person–the work isn’t really work. You make time for that person. You do nice things for them. You give neck rubs and pray for them and love them even when they’re grouchy.

It’s the hard life stuff that gets people all screwed up. You have to turn to each other and rely on each other and love each other more during those trying times.  It’s saying this sucks right now but it’s not always going to be like this for us and by the way, thank God we still have each other.

I never want to get divorced. I’ve seen how horrible it is on every single person affected by it. I don’t ever want to get to a place where that is even a distinct thought in my mind. I want someone who’ll say yes let’s do whatever it takes to make us happy. That’s what I think we all deserve.

I don’t care if my hair-do or my dress or my husband’s tux go out of style in 30 years–I’m still going to display those pictures proudly throughout my house.  What a great reminder of where you started as a couple but even more so a catalyst to think on how far you’ve come together. I love how pictures can do that. Remind of you of the past and bring your focus to the present all at the same time.

Random post, I know. But I was facebooking and saw a picture and that just got me thinking. Wow. 3 posts in one day. Well…more like 2.5 in one day. I’m on a roll! Got a lot of time to make up…and a lot of blogging to make sure Katie’s occupied at work!

~ by asmith609 on February 3, 2009.