My sweetheart and I got married on a beautifully hot July day in Maryland in 2012.  My dreams of our wedding started in 2004 when we started dating while we were both in high school.  After 8 years of planning, the day was one to remember for sure!  When getting ready for the day I made a million decisions but only one was really met with great hesitation.  My dress.  I went to a beautiful shop in my hometown and selected a stunning gown WITH POCKETS!  When I told the seamstress I wanted to cut off the train she said no, immediately.  “We can bustle it, you won’t even know it is there.”  Nope, it had to go. See, I’m a dancer– from the Macarena to the Electric Slide to the Boot Scootin’ Boogie– I’m dancing and no train will stand in my way!  Fast forward to the first fitting, and again I stated I wanted to cut the train off, and again I was met with resistance.  “If you won’t do it, I’ll take it somewhere else that will.”  Off the train went!  Best decision I could’ve made!  My dress was perfect and my mom used the material from the unneeded train for a baptismal gown for my kids.

I have two beautiful babies, my daughter was born in May 2017 and my son was born in March 2019.  I always wanted to be a mother and motherhood is everything I wanted and more!  Looking through the eyes of a child changes the world and reminds you how happy and pure we all can be.