10 days

10 more days until we tie the knot. Getting ready. Meetings, meetings, meetings. Appointments, fittings, shopping trips, tying bows, folding paper, phone calls, writing thank you notes, opening presents, displaying presents, praying for a place to live - anyplace, crying, laughing, nerves, frustration, pure joy, lack of sleep, no appettite... sound like I'm 10 days away? Powering through it.

This was a hard day - but in this hard day I had one of the sweetest moments in my entire life. I was sitting on the floor in the den, folding clothes. My dad came in to see if I had gone over the final draft of the program - which I had, sorta. He started asking me questions about order and such, and I realized I hadn't looked at anything really. So what do I do? Quiver my lip and let tears stream down my face (for time number 4 of the day). My sweet sweet 17 year old brother, who was sitting in the computer chair next to me, drops to the floor and wraps his arms around me and rubs my back for a good few minutes. Of course this makes me cry harder (As I am right now - good grief) so he just keeps rubbing my back and holding me tight. When I can finally breathe I said, "You're a sweet brother." He replied, "well, you're a sweet sister." More tears. What a tender moment that was... worth every tear spilt.