We have been married a year and the one thing I have learned is that God's plan is best. This is something that God has tried to teach me in the past, but it is something that is hard to learn.
I love being married but if I am honest this was not the best year of my life. This year has been hard with many things I did not plan on but God has been faithful.
The vow books from our wedding.
We got married on November 7, 2020. It was an amazing 19 degrees but the day started out not how we planned. And our first look was not able to be where we had originally planned. It was amazing though and I am so happy with the results! If you want to see pictures or watch the wedding video feel free (if you don’t have or can’t remember the password please reach out)!
We had lunch the next day after the wedding with Kevin's family before they headed back east and it was such a blessing.
We spent our honeymoon in Blue Mountain and Owen sound. There was little planned and we enjoyed exploring the towns, trying (and falling in love with) sushi, and hiking Lion's Head trail.
First time trying a sushi restaurant. Blue Mountain Village
After we got home our plan was to settle into married life but Covid-19 thought differently and both of us were off work until almost Christmas. It was so great to have nearly a month of spending time together and setting up our home together.
Polaroid of us at our first home. Listowel, ON
Kevin's health crashed on January 7, 2021. I helped him to bed and he told me that he felt like his body was killing him (like his organs where shutting down). I think the rest you know and if you don't feel free to read back on some of the earlier posts.
Fergus Hospital waiting room.
The rest of the year has been filled with many different doctor visits, pills, tinctures, treatments, and opinions. It has been filled with support and love, tears, and angry, fearful prayers to God and not many answers. This year has been a year of growth for both of us. I think that the first year of marriage is always a time of growth as two people learn how to live with each other but for us, I think it was something extra, something different, something so powerful and amazing and hard. Together we have learned what it means to truly need and rely on each other. We have learned why part of the vows is to love in sickness and in health. It is a lot harder than you think it will be.
Our first time flying together out of Toronto airport.
This year we also managed to take a trip to Alberta to shoot a wedding, I wrote a blog post about that a while back. We have also moved to be closer to my work and my parents. We have made new friends and have enjoyed having people over to our house for meals. I have enjoyed doing food challenges Kevin made for me and starting my Instagram page featuring my creations in the kitchen. Kevin has enjoyed playing with his new camera and we enjoyed shooting two weddings and a family shoot together. I have enjoyed, starting a new job (even though I do miss teaching) and becoming a member of their family.
“A couple that shoots together, stays together.”
We had planned to spend our anniversary in Nova Scotia but God saw fit for us to postpone that visit (more on that later). Instead, we spent our anniversary at home, exchanging gifts, eating porridge, drinking Pina Coladas and dairy-free eggnog, watching movies, baking bread, and just relaxing. I was so, so disappointed that we could not go to Nova Scotia but in the end, I am glad we had the quiet day we had. Oh, my parents and one of my brothers did come in the evening for the top layer of cake we had saved from our wedding.
1st Year Anniversary with Polaroid
It really was the perfect end to the first year of marriage. God reminded us that our best-laid plans mean nothing to him when we have given our lives to him. He always has the best in mind for us even when it is hard to see it at the moment. My prayer for this next year is that we can take what we have learned and gained this year and use it for an even better year to come.
