To all those who have lost in love and unsure if they’ll ever find it again...know this: You were not brought to this earth to suffer, you were brought here to connect with and shine your unique individual light onto others. You were brought here to live boldly, and to love. Love is your birthright. I honesty believe that if you know this as truth in your heart, the love that you are searching for will find you. It doesn’t matter where you’ve been or how old you are or what darkness your past entails. Love is simply two humans understanding and appreciating the whole of the other - the light, the dark, and the parts that we don’t want anyone to ever know about. We keep those pieces packed away deep down and try to pretend they don’t exist because to acknowledge them would be too shameful. But true love is someone discovering those dark pieces and approaching them with curiosity and compassion, and without judgement. This is what makes true love, between romantic partners and friends and siblings and parents and anyone who gives you this gift, so beautiful. But what’s even more beautiful about this is that it means that everyone is unequivocally deserving. Which means that you... looking for love or a deeper love or a new love or repairing your broken love or wondering if you’ll ever get a second chance...are too.
Second chances are real. Five years ago my life was crumbling apart and I feared no one would ever know me or see me or understand me, because I didn’t even understand me. So today, I demonstrate for you the beauty and grace of second chances. I celebrate the man who helped me look at the dark pieces within me with non-judgment and compassion and ultimately showed me that I was deserving of this kind of love and allowed me to be fully who I am without hiding what I had always felt needed to be hidden. So today, I wish every one of you the kind of love that allows you to relax and shine and smile as big as I did on our wedding day, and to be fully and unconditionally YOU❤️
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Yesterday was the best day of my life. I didn’t have my phone on me at all, because I wanted to soak in every single precious moment, but I did snap this photo at the chapel just before I stepped out to walk down the aisle. Everyone kept saying, “I can’t believe how relaxed you are!”. And I was. There was nothing to be nervous or anxious about. We were surrounded by our closest family and friends and there was so much love and support and celebration in the air. Marrying Nate was, in some ways, the easiest thing I’ve ever done. When things are meant to be, they flow. And yesterday flowed with so much ease and grace and I will forever remember the smiles and hugs and tears of joy and giggles and sounds of little feet running and playing and dancing. We are truly so blessed. Life is good. All is well. And we are now husband and wife✨❤️
