Wedding Day 4

After pictures it was time to wait. This was the longest, hour or so of my life. I was in room surrounded by my closest friends and loved ones but it just felt silent. I was in my mind wondering what was going on outside. Was everything set up the way I wanted? Was everyone behaving?  What was Drew doing? Was he nervous?

 

I remember trying to comfortably set in a chair in my tight fitted dress and looking over at Nana who was just watching me. We grabbed hands and she said how beautiful I looked and how Happy she was for me and Drew. I fought back tears wanting not to mess up my makeup.

It seemed like the longest and shortest moments of my life sitting and waiting. Slowly people kept getting called out of the room to report to their places for the ceremony. Mom, Nana, Bridesmaids before I knew it Neeley and I were alone yearning to hear what was happening. Going over and over my face and lip gloss to make sure everything was perfect.

I had worked so hard on the pre-ceremony play list... all instrumental but still reflective of the day. Most were by the Vitamin String Quartet to bring in the classic and modern feeling. I wanted to see people's reactions to the beautiful music I had chosen but was stuck tucked away in a far room.

 

Finally the moment came to be taken from the room to our next waiting station. As I approached all the bridesmaids who were lined up waiting to walk down the aisle ahead of me Laura Beth looked at me smiling. She had a funny look on her face and I kept asking if I had something on my face, No No everything is fine. She then asked if I decided to not wear my cathedral veil, OOPS! We had completely forgotten to put it on in before leaving the suite. Neeley kicked off her heals and started running back to the suite to get it. Just in time we got it put in my hair before the girls walked down the aisle.

I was so in love with my veil... it was a cathedral with lace etching on the ends. After I had bought it and was spending some of my anxiety in counting down days walking around the house in it, I realized it was exactly like the veil my mom and aunts had worn for their weddings. Mine looked new and pretty compared to theirs but I loved that somehow that little piece of history was almost repeating itself. The veil was not  a smooth ride though, it barely stayed in my hair for the walk down the aisle and I had to push it back in due to wind during the ceremony. As soon as we walked up the aisle and out of view it fell completely out of my hair... oh well it did the job!