To you,
As little girls we paint pictures in our minds of what love looks like. We read fairytales and envision our own personal Prince Charming. We add silly details like what the color of his hair will be or what his favorite hobby is. And if those little girls are as imaginative as you and I, we even write about them.
When we get older, we learn that love is more that what we thought it would be. It makes us feel things we didn’t expect to feel. On more than one occasion, I’ve questioned everything I’ve ever believed to be true about love. It’s kept me up at night, in both upsetting and terrifically exciting ways. One thing I believe we both have in common is that while love has given us our fair share of lessons, we’ve never given up on it. It’s blessed us in more ways than one. It’s blessed us with our lifelong friendship. And today, it’s blessed you with a husband.
I’ve had the honor of watching your relationship bloom from the very beginning. If you haven’t already, I hope you take a moment to just sit and reminisce. You were both so much younger, and so unaware of the journey you were both about to embark on.
Ironically, one of my most vivid memories I have of us back then was the day you showed me a wedding picture of one your family members. I remember you pointing to the couple and telling me that they’d been together since they were teenagers. Sometimes it feels like God was probably giggling watching down at us that day, knowing full well what he would soon be delivering to you.
I know you have a wedding to get to, but I thought I’d give you a quick little history lesson. Ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, once wrote that humans originally existed with four arms, four legs and one head with two faces. These beings were full of joy and extraordinarily powerful. The Titans felt threatened by them so Zeus decided to split them in half. He scattered the halves all around the world so humans were doomed to eternally long for their other half. Only the luckiest of humans would find the half that made them whole, their soulmate.
What I took away from this story is that finding the love your life is almost like finding a total other part of yourself, one that makes you feel more complete. It’s like all the puzzle pieces coming together.
As you walk down the aisle today, I pray you happily hop, skip and jump into your marriage with complete faith that there will always be someone to catch you on the other side. I love you and your groom with all my heart and I am so incredibly happy for you both.
Here’s to forever! ❤️
From,
Me 💌
*This is a letter I wrote to my best friend on her wedding day, with some minor tweaks for privacy. If you’re reading this and you’re getting married too, congratulations on being one of the luckiest humans alive ❤️
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