In the Middle
I love the beginning, but living in the middle is pretty sweet too. Fluffy filling. Smooth caramel. Chewy dough. The good stuff is in the middle. We loved celebrating Drew and Kate’s beginning at their marriage ceremony this weekend, but I was never so happy to be in the middle either.
Dan and I would catch each other between runs to the tux shop and walk-throughs at windy rehearsals and we’d smile, “So glad to be on this side of that!” So glad our beginning was beautiful, too, but mostly glad to be past it and to now be in the middle.
The middle of this bounty:
The middle of playing wedding . . . or orphanage, or mommy, or rock star, or all of them together:
The middle of dreaming into mirrored glass and smiling at the hazy images:
The middle of barn dances and laughter and twinkle lights:
This is basically the middle of life together, and it is sweet. Sure, there are moments we don’t necessarily want captured in digital ink, but I’m thankful for these shots that provide markers along the way. These photos, I know, will eventually fill a photo book that we’ll turn the pages of again and again.
“Look how small you were!”
“Oh, I loved that barn! And I loved our dresses!”
“Did I always smile like that?”
“What was I pouting about?!”
And none of us will remember because all we’ll see is how good it was in the middle.
This day just keeps giving little gifts, and this post is another. I’m CRYING here. What beautiful, beautiful pics. Do you post them to an online service bc I’d love a couple of these blown up and on my wall.
And oh how I love the middle.
Well that is a good idea. I’m such a dork. I keep them only on my computer usually. To Snapfish or Shutterfly they go! (I’ll let you know which one – it depends on who is having the best photo book offer!)
I’m so encouraged by this post. I was quite frustrated with some details of my “middle” yesterday… but looking at these pictures helps put all that back in good perspective. Thanks!
Yes, we all need some vision now and then. It really does get easier in general – and then the middle is more enjoyable!
Love it! And I completely get it.
I think Jason and I have said this to each other at every wedding since we’ve been married — even at the one that was only a month after ours! The beginning is so sweet, but once you get the middle, you never want to go back.
Well, this is exquisite. Both the moments you captured in pictures and the ones you brush-stroked into our hearts with words. It is possible that your father and I are creeping ever-so-slightly beyond the middle… but it gets even better on the far side.