My friends…..it is Valentines Day…and after coming home tonight from seeing “The Vow” (which was based on a true story)….I am once again..in complete awe…and utterly THANKFUL that God created such a perfect, intricate, heart wrenching..and beautiful thing like LOVE. As I sat there next to my darling husband {trying to drown out the Jr. High girls next to me, laughing and texting during every tearjerking scene…or every moment that Channing Tatum would remove his shirt..which was alot..}..I was reminded of the depths we are willing to go for the ones that we love. How there are so many fractions and abbreviated moments in our relationships…that at the time, dont seem to mean much…but in hindsight..were the VERY things that gave our relationships a “life” and “personality”of their own. As we drove home from the movie tonight, I tried to think of what I would do if my husband were to lose part of his memory..and I had to make him fall in love with me all over again..{Terrifying thought….I feel like I have NO GAME whatsoever!!}….but really, the thought of “re-telling” our love story in such a vivid way..that he would blindly say “YES “to reliving it with me…could I do it? When you think of things in this way..it makes you look at life in a different light…every moment and encounter…are fragments of YOUR story.
Kristin and Jacob have this insanely beautiful relationship…that will one day….be retold on porch swings to their kids:) Kristin and Jacob met in the 7th grade. They were always close friends..and shared mutual deeper “feelings” for eachother….yet things never seemed to line up to do anything about it. They went to high school dances together, including senior ball….but it wasn’t until the end of college that Jacob finally decided to go after her- what he REALLY wanted the whole time. After dating for a short time he knew she was “The One” -the girl he wanted to marry. He just needed to find the right time to propose. He went to Germany to play soccer…and he knew as soon as he was away from her for a short amount of time…… that he didn’t want to be anymore. He wanted to propose… SOON. He was planning with their moms how to get her ring from California to Germany. His mom secretly brought the ring with her on their trip to visit him in Germany where he hid it from Kristin for two weeks! He planned for them to go on a romantic trip to Spain because he knew she always wanted to go there. Needless to say… after a romantic dinner with a little Flamenco dancing….they took a walk on the beach….he proposed….and the rest, is well…you know:)
Kristin..I have known you for a few years now…and I cannot even express what a beauty you are! You are such a woman of integrity…and have this “vivaciousness” about you…that is truly captivating:) I am soo thankful for every teensy second that you and Jacob have spent with eachother over the years….there is a connection between you that is so beautifully obvious and magnetic…my camera is head over heels for you lovebirds! I know we have been talking about me shooting your wedding for a long time now..even before there was a groom:)..so I am JUST as elated that the time has come to share this with you!!!!! XOXO
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