It seems like just yesterday Todd was nervously getting down on one knee on a foggy, dark, humid, beach and asking me to spend the rest of my life with him.
Now we're one week away from starting that life together.
At this time next week, I will officially be Melissa Kalinosky (well as official as I can be without having yet gone to the Social Security office).
At this time next week, we'll be pulling up to our wedding night hotel, gushing about the entire night, and attempting to figure out how we'll be able to sleep in anticipation of heading off to our honeymoon paradise the next morning.
At this time next week, the whole year of planning -- all the time, effort, blood, sweat, and PLENTY of tears that my mom and I put into this wedding will all be worth it. Everything will have finally materialized from small little details, into one perfect ceremony and reception, and it will be over in the blink of an eye.
Every person I meet has the same advice "enjoy it. it'll be over before you know it."
My response is yes, you're right. The wedding will come and go just as fast as this entire year of being engaged has. But when the wedding is over, our marriage is just beginning. We have a whole lifetime to look forward to. Only now, we get to do it together.
I can't wait to marry Todd. Every day I think about how lucky I am to have had a second chance to meet him. I'm so grateful for everything God mapped out for my life...most specifically, Todd.
I can't believe we're in the "home stretch". This week is going to go so fast. I'm hoping I can relish in everything as it all happens. But I know that when the wedding is over, I will have Todd. I will be married to my best friend, and the love of my life.
For as long as we both shall live.
And I thank God for that.
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