My Mother 's Wedding Day

I was really excited to start planning. We went to the first banquet hall and I was in love with everything! It was so big with chandeliers everywhere, colorful lights going off and on, the dancefloor was pretty huge with a stage so that the band can play there and people can dance, and there were so many tables. I could just imagine how beautiful it would look once it was all decorated. Then we went to the church where my mother and father met, and booked the date for the ceremony. Once we booked the date at the church, I went into the actual church, bent down and I thanked God and the Virgin Mary for another day of life and for everything to go well as I planned my quinceanera.

Then we went back to my aunt’s place and got ready to do some shopping for our new apartment. My aunt drove us to Walmart and then took us to Macy’s. I was amazed to see size of Walmart the first time. Also it

While my parents worked my sisters and I were packing for our journey that awaits us, then that day finally came my parents came home with plane tickets and said the faithful words they looked my sisters and I directly in the eyes and said its time.

Since early in the morning of that day, it was a complete craziness! Everybody had things to get ready so that it could turn out just the way I wanted it to. After getting my hair and makeup done, we were all rushing to get dressed and head over to church but as always we were running late. There was simply many

I woke up in a rush because I was one of her chambelanes and I didn't want to be late for Mass. I showered in about 6 minutes I dried myself off and put on my marine tuxedo. The limousine came and was waiting for my sister " The quinceañera" and the chambelanes outside. We got in the limousine, it was a Lincoln Navigator. We went to church and got there like at 11:30 a.m. because Mass started at 12 a.m.

wedding, threw in two wonderful surprises as she was giving her toast. The first surprise

Finally after a whole box of tissues, it was time to walk up and say goodbye for the last time, first the guest and then family. It made me cry just thinking of when I had to go up there, then the time came. My heart was racing inside, but on the outside I was calm. I then crept out into the center aisle and took the hardest steps of my life.

My step-mom's mom was traeling to our house at seven o'clock in the morning. My dad, step-mom, sister, step-brother, and me were waiting at the house for her. We had some sandwiches to snack on.

I also went and saw my Aunt Ronna i was so happy to see her I also saw my cousin Sheila and my aunt’s cats Oscar and Hailey, the dog Penny and her fish i call her Wish. When i was there with my mom my sister and Aunt Selina who we were taking to be there a week before my cousin’s wedding, with my Aunt Ronna we did crosswords, watched George Lopez, King of Bel-Air, Major Crimes, and Criminal Minds, we also stayed up but that wasn’t with my Aunt Ronna I was up till 2:30 AM.That day Sheila made dinner we had chicken and

We looked at each other, stood up, and headed down the big hallway and around the corner to find my mom gasping at the fact that her water had broken. This was a surprise seeing as she was not due to give birth to my little sister for another two weeks. Once again, we were out the door and in the car. My grandmother did not put me in my car seat right and I remember struggling to free my arms the entire ride. My mom sat in the front seat yelling and muttering words under her breath. I was afraid because my mom was in such a strange state but I soon realized that she was yelling more at my grandmother than at her painful stomach. Every time we approached traffic, she gasped and turned behind her with her hand on my car seat, as to secure me from some ejecting force. It was not until years later that I was told all of the stories about what a terrible driver my grandmother was and how many cars she destroyed in various "incidents," as my grandfather calls them. We reached the hospital in plenty of time, but with one problem remaining, my grandfather and dad remained uninformed and unreachable as the resided among thousands of intoxicated football fans. They arrived in just enough time to see my mom before she had my sister, but not without strategic methods to get a hold of them. They first had to be paged over the intercom and when that seized to succeed, event staff members were sent to find them standing

I walked into the chapel, everyone stood. They were all dressed in their best clothes. My bridesmaids all stood

It wasn’t until the morning of Saturday, May 21, 2016 that I realized what the true feeling of unconditional love was. The moment a parent looks into his or her child’s eyes there is just so much love it’s unbelievable. People think they know what love is when they love a significant other, family member, or a close friend; however, that love is nothing compared to the love a parent experiences the day his or her child is born. That is the love I felt the moment I placed my beautiful baby boy on my chest.

As a symbol of long lasting commitment to your one true love until death do us part. My great grandmother’s wedding ring has been passed down and is currently in my mother's possession since she is the oldest daughter. I hope that on my wedding day the ring will be passed down to me even though my sister is the oldest between the two of us. It’s very special to me because I love nothing more then imagining my own wedding someday in the near future and hope this heirloom that signifies long lasting love and commitment is passed down to me.

When Saturday came, I did not know I would feel confused or fell as out of place as I did. However, on the way to the church I figured this would be the typical wedding, where they would say their vows and the preacher would say “you may kiss the bride”, then I could make it home to watch the end of the buckeye’s game. Nevertheless, this is not how the wedding would go.

“Hello Sophia!” My mom said back to me, looking up from her computer while she was sitting on the couch. “I wanted to let you know that me and your dad have planned something very special and fun to do tonight!”