A Prayer

Lord, I'm letting go
Please steer the wheel of my life
You know the crossroads better than I do
Show me the way.
From today, I'll be a willing passenger
Take me to places.
As You do,
Can You turn the music up
And hum along the tunes with me?
You know how I like things to be -
Positive, bright, and merry.
At the end of the drive
I trust that I'll be where You want me to be,
Where You've always planned me to go...
Could be at the exact same spot where we started
Or somewhere far, far away.
Wherever that place may be,
I know I'll be happy
And that's where I'll stay

Big Day Updates!

It's the first day of September and our wedding ticker says we only have two months and one week until the big day!

A number of people have asked me how I feel now that it's so near. Honestly, I am at a loss for anything to say. One minute I'd feel very excited, the next hour I'd feel extremely nervous.  It's something I wish I could explain but I can't.  All I know is that regardless of how I feel at any given moment,  my heart and mind are consistent in telling me that it's all positive, that I am a happy bride-to-be. 

Like what Rolly said in his tweet this morning, we are now two calendar page flips away from the wedding day. By now, we have already put a check mark on many of our major things-to-do, but of course, there are still a lot to accomplish.  In summary, here are our Big Day developments: 

• Church Requirements:  Baptismal & confirmation certificates, CENOMAR, draft missalette, and list of principal sponsors already submitted.  Canonical interview with Fr. Peter done.  Marriage license application done. Request for new copies of NSO birth certificates done. Pending: marriage vocation seminar scheduled on September 15 and 16.

• Caterer:  Final detailing done.  Awaiting the floor plan once the number of guests is finalized.

• Invitations:  Done.  For pickup on September 8, distribution to begin immediately thereafter.

• Wedding Attire:  First fitting done.  Entourage measurements already taken.

• Souvenirs:  Done!  They're already with Rolly for safekeeping.  I hafta change the box ribbons though.     The ones the supplier used did not pass my standards. =P

• Reception Program:  Done! :)

Pending Tasks:

• List of songs:  This I haven't started yet.  =S

• Florist:  No development. =S I haven't scheduled a detailing yet.  

• My DIYs:  I have already started but I haven't finished!  I wish I had more creative juices in me.

• AVP and Guestbook:  We gotta submit photos to Niceprint already!

I guess we're doing okay so far. I'm a bit worried that I won't get to finish all the DIYs, but these are minor things anyway.  Best effort na lang.  

Wish us luck, guys! :)

Cheers,

20 Things I Want To Tell Engaged & Newlywed Women

This is a post by Joy Forney of Grace Full Mama:

1. Marriage is made up of two good forgivers. Because every marriage is made up of two sinners. (Romans 3:23)

2. At some point, you will have to learn that life isn’t all about you. (Philippians 2:3)

3. Don’t listen to women that tell you that passion fades…it doesn’t have to! (um…all of Song of Solomon)

4. Don’t give up. Love never fails. (1 Cor. 13)

5. He wants a kind wife, not a maid or another mother. Be nice. (Galatians 5:22-23)

6. Give your husband the gift of your respect. He needs it more than you know. (Ephesians 5:33)

7. Be mindful of your expectations.

8. Honor the Lord above all things. (Colossians 3: 17)

9. Find your worth and security in the Lord, and don’t look to your husband to meet all of your needs.

10. Be very careful about reading romance novels, they set you up for an unrealistic view of romance.

11. Real romance is finding that one spot in the crook of his arm to snuggle into, that shared look over the dinner table when the kids are acting crazy, and the way he fixes the leaky sink when he is dog-tired after work.

12. Love is about relationship. The more I love my husband, and seek a relationship with him, the less critical and duty-bound I become. It is similar to my relationship with God.

13. Be thankful for the husband you have. Accept him as he is, not for what you want him to be.

14. Don’t compare!! Don’t buy into the game of comparing him with anyone else’s husband.

15.The Biblically “normal” marriage is filled with joy, connection, laughter, and peace. It’s not free of hurt feelings and conflict, but they know how to process their pain with one another so that they live more often in a meadow than at the scene of a train wreck. This is not the average marriage, but it normal – -because it is a visible display of Jesus’ relationship with His bride (Ephesians 5:22-33).

16. Your marriage is a testimony!

17. Pray for your marriage. Pray hard.

18.I’ve heard that is gets better with age. I have to say in my short {13 year} experience, that is so true.

19. Where there is God, there is always hope. Even for the most broken marriages. “With God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)

20.Marriage is commitment and sacrifice. But it’s also the best, most wild ride you will ever have with your 

best friend.

I loooooove her list! Something to inspire me when I cross over to that life. ;)


Cheers,

A Very Special Gift

On my 27th birthday last month, I received a very special gift from Rolly.  It's not the kind of gift he would normally give, so this one took me by surprise.

Rolly gave me a scrapbook which he painstakingly put together on his own!  Whoa!  I know him.  He's not the artsy-artsy type (well, few men are), he's not one who would sit on a corner and pour creative juices to work on mushy little things like this.  But he did.  Imagine my pleasant surprise when he excitedly showed me his handiwork.

This is the book's preface:

And these are some of the pages:

Obviously, my fiance is far from being an artist and he only had his trusty printer to assist him in making this, but I was very much pleased with this extraordinary gift.  I say it's extraordinary because this is more than just our travel book;  Rolly put his heart into this piece of work, and I see and feel that on every single page.

Thank you so much Mahal! :)


The lucky one,