Humorous Wedding Essay

During our engagement, I found myself terrified and overwhelmed. I was questioning if this, our commitment to one another, and more importantly, my commitment to you, was going to be the biggest mistake of my life. As you and anyone who knows me well can attest, I'm ferociously indecisive, for fear of making the wrong decision. So I questioned how I could possibly carry out a pledge as pervasive as marriage? I would be signing legal documentation declaring that I am to love one person exclusively for the rest of my life. Could I really swear to love you and be true and faithful to you for as long as we live? How was I to know this; how could anyone possibly be able to answer this question honestly?! Marriage is not something to be taken lightly,

Those things were less important, and were already in motion. I knew I could give in to those things because I already had. We've shared almost 3 years under the same roof, budgeting, compromising on what WE want to do, watch, eat or buy, where WE want to go. My hesitation to commit was veritably rooted in a quiet, inherent resentment. I was faced with the realization that I was going to have to open my heart to you completely, and in turn, release my death grip on the only person that knew every single deep, dark, cold crevice of my soul. Learning to let go, just a little, of my best friend, sister, and the only soul mate I ever thought I'd have seemed impossible, and I wasn't sure that I could, or more importantly, that I wanted to. My most harrowing reservation was the admission that I'd have to relinquish the single most important, most defining quality of my adult life thus far. I was no longer going to be... a single mom. A mom, yes, but not a SINGLE MOM. Being a single mom has always been what qualified me as a worthwhile