Our Wedding

After Smalls and I decided to introduce the kids to each other, things were going great! We were all spending a lot of time together which involved driving between each other’s houses. We had an agreement that we could not stay overnight unless we were married. Then the pandemic hit. Smalls and I both have full time jobs that require us to work outside of the home. And then we had 3 school aged children that had to be home schooled. The back and forth quickly got out of hand and we found ourselves modifying our work schedules so that one of us went in early, family covered the middle, and the other worked late. It was exhausting and stressful. Smalls said, “I think we will have to get married.” While we loved each other and the kids very much, we really weren’t in any rush to get married. Shortly after, I agreed with him and we began to get all the documents together to apply for a marriage license. The kids were happy and our families were thrilled at the idea. Smalls ordered us rings online and we started telling family and friends about the upcoming nuptials. When we went to the courthouse to get the marriage license, we had to give a date in the next 2 weeks that we would get married due to Covid. We knew that we would get married at home with Smalls’ stepfather officiating, but that was it. Smalls suggested the next day–it was a Saturday and we had all the children. That was it. A few months earlier, Smalls had given me a blue lace dress for when we would get married–thinking it was at least 6 months if not a year away. I wore the dress. We let the kids choose whatever they wanted to wear. My sister-in-law brought over a toilet paper cake. My niece and her friend that had been helping to keep the kids wore bridesmaids dresses from when her mom got married. My mother-in-law brought over a bouquet from her garden. Our officiant and witness wore their N-95 masks and gloves. We had family watching from the windows and my parents on FaceTime. We had an absolute blast!