The Countdown Begins- 100 days!!!

Well folks, today is EXACTLY 100 days until my big day!!! Might sound like a lot but really it's not. Last night I was sitting down on the couch with Justin as he was doing his paperwork for work and I was looking at wedding bands for him online. As I was browsing a website I thought back to how this all got started. Then to think how far we have come since that first kiss. WOW!!! Then it hit me...."Holy Crap! Justin, Do you know what tomorrow is? It is exactly 100 days until our wedding!!" He just stared back at me with those big beautiful brown eyes and smiled! The question that I have been asked a lot recently is "So are you getting nervous?" To answer that emphatically...Not at all!!! Wonder why? Because I know in my heart of hearts that this man that God has given me is the man He created for me! He is the man that God designed specifically for me and the man that God put the desire in my heart for when I was just a little girl. So nervous is not a word that I would use to describe how I am feeling right now. Excited, anxious, exstatic, are a few words that might begin to describe how I feel but they barely brush the surface.

Now that is not to say that over the past few months that we haven't had our share of stress. Since February I have started a new job and that in and of itself has been stressful then you add planning a wedding on top of that and things really get hectic. Not to mention that Justin's work schedule has been quite a doozy! His company has entrusted him with a very large government project that runs 7 days a week. Justin being the Project Superintendent he is required to be there all 7 days. His day starts at 6:30 in the morning and doesn't end sometimes until around 7:45 in the evening. He is exhausted when he gets home and can barely keep his eyes open after dinner. With all three of those factors, our life has been quite a stress ball!!! There have been days that the stress and the pressure have really taken their toll on us. However, here is the good thing. At the end of the day no matter what went on during those 12-13 hours that we were apart our love for each other shines right on through. He can take me in his arms and hold me and kiss me and the worries of that day disappear. The smile that he brings to my face is more than enough happiness for me to take away all stresses and pressures of the day. What we are both having to learn right now is that we are to be thankful for the work that we both have and thankful that God provided a way for us but also acknowledge that at the end of each and every day the most important thing we have is each other. Every night our commitment to each other is reaffirmed for me by our loving words of "I love you" or "I missed you today" and our loving actions from the kiss I get right when he walks in the back door down to the wink or smile from across the kitchen or living room. His love for me shines right through his eyes and beams through his smile and it lights me up every single day! We have done a lot of planning since beginning of January and there is still a lot to do. It's getting down to the wire. However, in the stress and hustle and bustle of showers, parties, dress fittings, hair appointments, and whatever else comes along, my heart is prepared for that Saturday evening on August 15th to walk down that isle and be joined together as one with my precious gift from God, the lover of my soul, my Knight in shinning armor, my Prince, forever!