Almost six years ago I was very fortunate to stand in front of my friends and family and marry a wonderful man. While weddings often invoke images of fairy tales, the path to get there was not exactly the stuff made of fairy tales. We both struggled, in own ways, figuring out our careers to get to this point.

I use to wonder what people meant when they would say, “You know when you’ve met ‘the one’.” How did you know? Was it a struck by lightning moment? Was it a surge of energy when you kissed? Was it just as it was shown in the Disney movies?

For me, it was really an idea that grew on me. My husband and I met in high school and I certainly don’t think at fifteen years old I knew that I would marry him. Ten years later I knew that he could be my husband...

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