Memories

This walk was one of the strongest memories I have of the wedding. My emotions were surging, my eyes tearing, and my smile shaking. As I walked down that aisle, I walked up with my past and present and had the amazing experience of connecting them to my future at the end. As I walked, I saw the individual faces of those family and friends whom I have loved deeply and who have helped me grow in amazing ways. My father's arm reminded me of all our precious times together and the times when our family was growing up and all at home. Memories flooding in of my father practicing his karate downstairs or dancing to "Sixteen Tons" with us, my mother talking with us about the Faith or all the times I lied my head in her lap to vent or obtain advice, and of all the various adventures I had with my sisters.

And that amazing moment when I looked up and saw the man who had loved me so well and so completely throughout our courtship and engagement. I felt the sureness and trust of his continued and undying love. It is a love that we have deemed has "eternal immensitude". Anthony's kind eyes and beaming smile melted my heart at the end of that aisle and mine was melded with his in the Sacrament of Matrimony. God is so very good and I am so excited Anthony is now a part of my past, present and eternal future.