In my blog, 'Three Months Before the Wedding' I said I will write about the experience of being a bride-to-be. So I am doing it now, after a year I got engaged!
First in my list was 'Since May of this year'. Wow, that's a whole lot of detail to remember but let me share to you why that's in my list.
May 9, 2016, on National Election Day, we got engaged. So May last year was a remarkable month for us. Now, how do we tell our family and friends? Most of you would say, uhm social media? No. Because we are not that type (nothing against couple who are), our first sort of a problem-solving was how are we going to inform people? And who goes first?
Our parents live outside Metro Manila and we wanted to tell them the good news personally but when? So after setting schedules (which happened nearly a month after the proposal) we just have to hold telling other friends since it has to be family-first-information.
Just imagine wanting to tell your close friends the most exciting news: 'I'm getting married!', but you needed to wait. Don't get me wrong, this is not a complain about our families, we love them. This is to say that getting married is such a wonderful development about two people but you can't just think about yourselves. This celebration should be shared to closest relationships: family, friends and church family.
Honestly, thinking about that episode, I'm glad having that sort of a first 'problem-solving' since proposal. Thankful to the Lord for blessing us our family and friends and church.
As a bride-to-be, I've learned that no matter how you break the news and how people reacted to the news, always remember to be thankful to God and enjoy the process. We heard couples who get so stressed out. In our case, breaking the news is just first step, there's more to come. You and your husband-to-be should be together as a team facing each step towards marriage in prayer, by faith.
How about you, what happened after the proposal? :)
My next blog: The joy of sharing the news
First in my list was 'Since May of this year'. Wow, that's a whole lot of detail to remember but let me share to you why that's in my list.
May 9, 2016, on National Election Day, we got engaged. So May last year was a remarkable month for us. Now, how do we tell our family and friends? Most of you would say, uhm social media? No. Because we are not that type (nothing against couple who are), our first sort of a problem-solving was how are we going to inform people? And who goes first?
Our parents live outside Metro Manila and we wanted to tell them the good news personally but when? So after setting schedules (which happened nearly a month after the proposal) we just have to hold telling other friends since it has to be family-first-information.
Just imagine wanting to tell your close friends the most exciting news: 'I'm getting married!', but you needed to wait. Don't get me wrong, this is not a complain about our families, we love them. This is to say that getting married is such a wonderful development about two people but you can't just think about yourselves. This celebration should be shared to closest relationships: family, friends and church family.
Honestly, thinking about that episode, I'm glad having that sort of a first 'problem-solving' since proposal. Thankful to the Lord for blessing us our family and friends and church.
As a bride-to-be, I've learned that no matter how you break the news and how people reacted to the news, always remember to be thankful to God and enjoy the process. We heard couples who get so stressed out. In our case, breaking the news is just first step, there's more to come. You and your husband-to-be should be together as a team facing each step towards marriage in prayer, by faith.
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults,
And with my song I shall thank Him. Psa.28:7
How about you, what happened after the proposal? :)
My next blog: The joy of sharing the news
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