Change of Plans

This Valentine's Day, we have an announcement related to the love we share and our upcoming nuptuals:

Because of the nature of our relationship and Benjamin being in the picture, we have decided that it would be wiser to get married sooner rather than later. We are moving up our official wedding date to Friday, March 2, instead of waiting until the announced June 9.

A number of factors have led to this decision. Saying goodbye to each other after we've spent quality time together has become increasingly more difficult. Benjamin asks Mommy almost daily when he'll be able to see Dad again. We have felt almost like a separated couple in reverse, trying to arrange when the kiddo can see his dad. We've looked at our finances and realized that it would be most financially prudent to consolidate insurances, food, living expenses and so on sooner rather than later.

We've thought about the good reasons to wait until June 9 but have come up lacking. For many other engaged couples, they need so much time to plan a decent-sized wedding that they have to wait in order for things to get done. We've never wanted a big wedding to begin with, so there's even less for which to wait around. Engaged couples typically don't have a six year old in the picture; and that's a dynamic that changes everything much more than we ever imagined.

We will still be having a really cool event on June 9. It will, at a minimum, be a neat reception-type event and we've talked with our minister about having a brief vow-renewal ceremony of sorts. We want our friends to be there. We want to have a kick-butt party. It will still be an outdoor event next to Lake Jacomo, and we'll still share in this blog our thoughts on preparing for it.

On March 2, however, we've decided to have only close family at the ceremony. Because of the short time frame between now and then, we feel like we can't ask so many people to change whatever plans they have to accommodate us. Frankly, we also want this to be very simple and intimate.

So we have a lot of work to do. A week before the wedding we'll be doing the major moving into a much larger apartment in Glenda's complex. We have to meet with our minister to finalize the plans for the March 2 event. We also have to get all the other legal stuff in order. After that, it's back to arranging for the June 9 event.

We're really excited about all this. We're sure it comes as a shock to you. Please rest assured that we've talked and prayed a LOT about all this and we feel like this is the direction in which we need to go for our family. God bless and please pray for us.

With God's Love,
Michael and Glenda