We interrupt these regularly-scheduled wedding recaps to bring you a very special message.
One thing I'd really like to address that I haven't yet is Jeff's brother, Paul. Very early on in the planning process, we set our wedding date for July because Paul, who is in the army, was supposed to be back from Afghanistan and home on leave during that time. Thankfully, Paul did make it home safely, and for that we could not be more grateful. However, due to the army's ever-changing schedule, he came home a full month ahead of time, and was due back to his current station exactly 8 days before our wedding. No amount of wheeling and dealing on his part could change his leave to allow him to be there for our big day, and we were so upset to miss him there.
I don't want to sound ungrateful for what we've been given, and we were so happy to have time with Paul while he was here in June. But I won't lie: not having him at the wedding totally sucked. All of our family was there with us except him. He had been so excited to be there (and more excited than is normal for the In-N-Out truck), and it was a huge blow for him to have to miss it. I haven't talked about this in any posts yet because it seriously gets me down every time I think about it. However, with the last post so full of family pictures and all of our loved ones surrounding us, his absence could not go unmentioned. As far as Jeff and I are concerned, there was a big, Paul-shaped hole in all of the family portraits.
Paul, we missed you, and we really wish you could have been here. We can't wait to see you again!
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