Reflecting On My Wedding Day
the good, the bad, and the ugly
October 31st, 2020 was a day that changed my life forever.
I’ve always been obsessed with Halloween and decided to marry Randy on the holiday. Every year we go on an anniversary trip- most of which have a spooky theme! So, it paid off for me.
Each day has the ability to have good moments, bad moments, and possibly ugly moments. My wedding day had all three.
Good
We got married in the middle of COVID-19, which gave us restrictions and made it a smaller event. I had always dreamed of a family and friends-only event.
There were a lot of personal touches to the ceremony. I walked down the aisle with my dog Tucker (who passed away last December) to the Cure. Flower bouquets contained black roses with eyeballs. Randy and I are both professional wrestling fans, so we signed the wedding contract (an element before many big matches).
We wanted to include both of his nephews. Brett (older) read a poem. For Ben (younger), we had him run a pen up to Randy and me at the signing. The Ultimate Warrior’s theme music hit, Ben ran up into Randy and handed him a pen, which was adorable.
Finally, one of the girls at mom’s church offered to do my makeup and made me look (and feel)…
