17 years ago on September 3, I was planning to elope with this wonderful guy. I was nervous but excited. I knew I wanted to marry this guy and I was determined to marry him without all the drama from family.
Due to the stress and drama from parents wanting the wedding to be their way, we decided we wouldn’t go through with a actual wedding. So we decided to drive to Nashville to get married. We lived in Atlanta at the time and Georgia required a wait time to receive a marriage license. We didn’t want to wait plus we had planned and sent invitations for our wedding date of September 5.
But….
We were so focused on getting married that we failed to realize that it was a holiday weekend. No judge in sight.
Not having a judge available to marry us would end in favor of our parents. And I wasn’t about to let that happen.
But…
What could WE do if there are no judges available to perform the wedding?
Nothing, Oh but God can and He has to power to make the unthinkable happen! There was one judge that was sworn in on September 4, 1998 (that day). She was in her office because she was decorating it.
We walked into her office and asked her to marry us. She was super excited to marry us. She told us she was a new judge and we would be her first wedding. Yep, she was excited (and so was I. I mean we were happy)
We didn’t have a witness with us. Remember we decided a day before the wedding that we would elope. So we was not prepared with witnesses. The judge friend was in her office so her friend was our witness.
So regardless of how it started or almost didn’t start, we have stayed true to each other in these 17 years!
Don’t allow friends and family to stress you out about a wedding. Marriage isn’t about the actual ceremony it’s more about you, your spouse and God.
So for us to be able to celebrate 17 years and the changes we have went through, we must give God the praise!!!!!
If we can decide as a unit before the actual I Dos to stand united and fight against those that are causing stress and havoc in our relationship, we knew we were prepared for marriage.
I’m so thankful that our folks really didn’t want us to get married because it only made us stronger.
And I’m still #datingmyspouse #17YearsStrong
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