Mi Vida!!!

We have planned for our wedding for more than 6 months.. putting everything together, even to the itsy bitsy details of it.. We would want it to be close to perfect (no wedding is perfect eh) for the two of us but well.. there are hitches here and there..

It is true that you would have a hard time going to sleep the night after the wedding.. perhaps because of everything that runs across your mind.. decorations, bouquet, food, coordinators, dress, time, makeup, entourage, momdadbro, morie, morie’s fam, my fam, friends, and a lot, lot more.. so there i was, still texting my hubby at 12:30 am. he was still up..

the big day came.. it was a different feeling.. excited, anxious but uber busy with calls, texts and last minute decisions.. dinggoy came and we started the makeup session.. then allan came with is team to take the pics.. and the video people came in too.. everything went fine till i saw my bouquet.. my, it looked like it was for a maid of honor.. duh, it was uber small with very simple malaysian mums.. garsh! i love the bridesmaids bouquet better with the reds and whites combined.. but i swore to myself not to let anything destroy my day..

so there i was, waiting for my turn to get out of the car and walk down the long aisle.. i saw the orchids in the bridal car and put some of it in my lttle bouquet.. heheh.. it made my bouquet look better.. with one deep breathe, i signalled for the church door to open and for me to walk down the aisle.. gosh, it was different..

it’s corny and funny but based on what i have experienced, i can only see my parents clearly, morie waiting for me a few steps up in the altar and the rest were blurred.. haha..

and so we sat there, pose for some pics, a lot of laughs and a lot of happy faces..

my wedding day ended leaving me and us with very happy memories.. families, friends, and US.. together.

the day after..

.. it is the day that i want to forget.. for some reasons, we had to travel instead of enjoying the jacuzzi and the beach.. and for some reasons, we got hit by a bus on the side of the road.. we met an accident.. an accident that could have killed us a day after our wedding on our trip going somewhere.. the back of the car was all crumpled like a tin foil, glass was all over the place.. and all over our face. morie? he was there staring at nothing, shocked and didn’t even notice that we were hit by a big red bus.

..and so we spent our night in the hospital all because of that terrible accident.. by some stroke of luck and a lot of angels surrounding us, we survived with some wounds and bruises here and there, empty pockets (since we have to pay for the hospital expenses, thanks to the irresponsible bus operator) but ALIVE.

It is one month after that tragic day.. one month and one day after our BIG DAY and we are still recovering from the trauma of that accident. if i could turn back the time, i would have insisted for us to just stay at the resort. it would have been better if we just argued rather than experiencing that accident.

the happiness of our wedding day has faded a day after the wedding.. and now, one month after, we are still recovering.

THE BLESSING

despite what we experienced, i could still say that we are blessed and God loves us so much.. blessings never stop pouring, our health is better than the week after the accident and now we have seen who are the real persons who care for us. boy, am i glad that our families are strong.. and are very supportive.

REFLECTIONS

at the end of the day, it is not how expensive the wedding was.. nor the guests who came from wherever.. nor that wedding cake or bouquet that you have that counts..

at the end of the day, the most important thing that starts during the wedding is that great feeling that your most beloved one is beside you when you wake up in the morning.. it is that joy that you feel from within to prepare food for your better half that takes away the strain you experienced during the day.. it is that "magical" strength that lets you up despite the disappointing things that people / situations have brought into your life..

at the end of the day, what matters most is knowing that you are with the love of your life.. your friend, confidante and partner in life.

what is important is we were given the chance to live, to recover and to move on with life. yes, there are bumps on the road but well, without the bumpy road or the rugged terrain, these wonderful cars wouldn’t have been created.

just like life.. we won’t become stronger if we do not experience hardships.. not that i am asking for it but we know, there will be challenges.. and the beauty of it is that it has been one month and one day that morie and i have been travelling the bumpy road with each other.. no longer alone because we have been tied together for life..

Thank you Lord for the beautiful life.

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