The ominous storm clouds hover over us as I listen to Mark and Diane tell me the story of how they met on the playground of their elementary school. Running and playing and who knows maybe even some hair pulling on the very same pavement that we were standing on that day. To think that I don’t even remember most if any of the kids I went to elementary school with & these two began their relationship then! Time has a funny way of slipping through your fingers so when I hear stories like this it makes my heart smile. We all change as we get older and experience different things. We all grow towards something whether it is to be more educated, cultured, stable, etc. So, when I have clients tell me they met in elementary school and I see the beautiful bond that they have forged as adults it is a true testament to love & to the different kinds of love that you can have and to how that love too can grow and change and develop. Marriage is work. Never believe otherwise. To do so would be a naive belief that almost always ends poorly. If you work hard enough at loving each other regardless of change, age, good & bad times then that’s what will happen, you stay together. You will span the test of time spending it growing towards each other for all the chapters of your lives. This is what I think of when I spend time with Diane and Mark. I’m blown away by how well they know each other, how I’m sure that they are probably not the same people they were in their pre-teens but the people who they have become have gravitated back towards each other. I think of how intuitively comfortable they are laughing at and with each other and most of all, how Diane just fits, she fits so perfectly in the crook of Mark’s arm as if that’s where she’s been for many years. Wait!!! She has been there for many years, duh! Makes total sense now!
Spending their wedding day hanging out with them only further strengthens everything I felt when we created the images for their engagement session! After a beautiful ceremony we headed to Citizen Bank Park for a little session then off to Cescaphe for the reception. Ahh, loving spending time with people in love surrounded by the people who love them…
