Tomorrow we have her Hen (i.e. Bachelorette--but the Brits say it better) party in downtown Columbia, then a weekend full of wedding ceremony and reception projects, then I head back up here for 2 days, and on Tuesday I head to Charleston for the festivities. It's going to be a crazy week!!
I have been mulling over my MOH toast and finding it a very hard thing to write. There's too much I want to say about my big sis. I love her so stinkin' much!!! She's so gracious, so loving, so forgiving, so humble, so generous, so funny, so faithful---she's just all-around amazing. Her fiance is the luckiest man in the world to have her. How do I condense all that love and affection and admiration into one, less-than-a-minute toast??
I've also been thinking about the days leading up to the wedding. Let's face it: I know I'll be emotional. Who wouldn't be?? My only sister is getting married!!! But how will I feel when M and I go to bed on Wednesday night--our last night sleeping together (we have our own rooms but usually when we're home we choose to sleep together)?? How will I feel when I'm helping her zip up that gorgeous dress?? How will I feel right before I walk down that aisle when I give her a squeeze?? How will I feel watching them drive away--now their own little family??
The answer to all those questions is, of course, "I don't know." All I know is that I am praying for grace to hold it together. I'm praying that the wave of emotions doesn't hit me until the day after so that, among other things, my mascara won't run (Waterproof? Check.).
There are many pics to come, I promise.
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