Our ceremony lasted just over 7 minutes. It was simple, quiet, and entirely about being married versus having a wedding. When the ceremony was over we quickly slipped away from our family and went out to have a crazy meal in a dive bar where we laughed and giggled at the fact that we were newlyweds.
We came home from out 4-day trip and bought a house.
It’s been 3 kids, numerous pets, several sizes, and multiple marriage spats since 2002. But, it’s been pretty damn near perfect. Someone mentioned on Facebook the other day that this whole Royal Wedding/Fairy Tale was just a social construct that we buy into.
Perhaps it is.
But when you’ve been lucky enough to experience the real thing, I say sometimes it’s okay to believe in the magic of fairy tales.





