Wedding Stuff

I know I have mentioned that my beautiful sister is getting married in May and I couldn't be more excited! She is marrying a wonderful man who we all adore.

Her wedding made me start thinking about my wedding, my husband and where we are now. My blog is titled, "Just Past Main Street," primarily because we actually live past Main Street in our city and because we have always been a little off the beaten path. Here's a glimpse as to why. . .

I met my husband the night I graduated from high school. I went to school with his baby brother and as high schoolers sometimes do, we had a little get together to celebrate the end of high school and all the crazy, wonderful things to come. My husband stopped by that night to wish his brother well, but he met me at the front door instead. I asked him who he was there to see, he named his brother and then I informed him that our gathering was not for old people. See, my husband is 8 years older than I.

Anyhow, I let him and his friends into our celebration. They hung out, everyone was talking and laughing, celebrating our big step into the real world. After spending some time with him, I was really surprised at how much we had in common despite the age difference.

A few weeks later I called him and asked him out. Yep, I called information (we didn't have yellowpages.com then), got his phone number and called him at his apartment where he was in college. I wish you could hear the surprise in his voice when he answered the phone and heard me on the other end.

The short version is we dated off and on while I was in college and when he moved to another city to start his career after he graduated college. When it came time for me to graduate, we decided that I would move to where he was living and take things from there.

Months later we were engaged (that is another story) and then married. We decided to do an unofficial elopement. Yep, we took off to a Caribbean Island, just the two of us and got married on my mom's birthday. It was wonderful! We had the best time and still look back on our wedding as one of the greatest times of our lives.

Fast forward a few years and here we are with our sweet little boy, rescued dog and to borrow a phrase from my friend H, we are "livin the dream." It really is a dream - meeting my husband at a high school party and surviving a long distance relationship, growing up, getting married and becoming parents.

We still have a long way to go, but we still like being a little unconventional at times. It is what works for us and our lives, Just Past Main Street.