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ONE YEAR
“how do you measure, measure a year? in daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, in inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.”
three hundred and sixty five days, one year, 525,600 minutes. yes, i had to sing the song from rent to remember that fact, but seriously. how do you measure a year? okay… i promise i am done using musicals to narrate my blog post, but there have been a heck of a lot of coffees and midnights… today ryan + cora celebrate one year of married life and it got me thinking about the last 365 days of life and all that has happened. seriously guys, my 24th year of life has been chalk full of awesomeness… most days i pinch myself when i realize what my reality has become. ryan + cora got married on an unusually warm november day among a few raindrops a year ago, now they are expecting a new addition to their family just one year later.
something that i have realized is that i will never shake the feelings i take from weddings. i remember ryan + cora’s soiree like it was yesterday. the rain, the fun, the family. i left that wedding feeling exhilarated and so on fire for my job. after their wedding i vowed to make my dreams happen quickly, because the emotions that were wrapped into their day confirmed the fact that this was what i wanted to do with my time. i wanted to invest in lovely couples, who had these incredible stories, and celebrate their happiest of days with their families and friends. i suppose you could say their wedding was a pivotal day in many ways for me, it certainly was. their wedding was the first wedding i ever had published in a magazine, their wedding solidified the fact that i loved working with people who had awesome stories, their wedding left me over the moon and determined about making things happen.
as i wish my lovely bride and groom a happy first anniversary, i also want to thank them (and all of my other couples, for that matter.) thank you for trusting me with your memories, thank you for letting me into your lives, thank you for allowing me to become your friend along the journey, thank you for celebrating my victories with me, thank you for letting me live my dream. for all of this, i am forever grateful.
so, how do i measure a year? i measure a year in the dreams i have chased. i measure a year in the mornings i spent snuggling in bed. i measure a year in amazing couples, tons of weddings, loads of love, and a million memories. i measure a year through amazing stories… love stories about people just like you.
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