Marriage

Honeymoon Disaster

I thought you would enjoy this story from my friend Lauren Dungy….

What do you remember most about your wedding day? Do the things that went wrong still bring the biggest smiles even now? Did everything go perfectly?  Or are the things that didn’t go just right the very things you remember most, and the things that make you laugh even today?  Well, my wedding was everything I had hoped it would be.  Unfortunately, the journey to our honeymoon destination was not!

Tony and I got married in Pittsburgh, but I did not want to spend my wedding night in my hometown.  I wanted a romantic evening in an enchanting city, not the Steel City.  So after the ceremony and reception, we caught an evening flight to San Francisco.  Since there were no direct flights, we arrived pretty late.  Then the key broke off in the door of the car that one of Tony’s friends had loaned us.  And to top the evening off, the power went out in our hotel.  Things were not going as I expected.

Now I can look back and smile at our “not what I expected” start.  I can also let it remind me about the danger of expectations – expecting everything to go just right, and just like I want it to.  That’s not realistic and that’s not life, especially when you’re a wife and mother.  Too many things are out of our control.  Too many people are out of our control.

So, today, I’m going to try to keep my expectations in check.  Sure, I’ll make plans and be prepared, but I’ll also realize that the unexpected is just an expected part of life.  And when the unexpected does happen, I’ll try to remember that God still has everything under control, even when I don’t.

Tony tried so hard to make our honeymoon memorable!  Watch his side of the story below…

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