excited!!

hi friends! i'm sitting here thinking about the tasks that still need to be accomplished before saturday.. in just 4 days i'm getting married to the love of my life! i feel so blessed to be where i am right now. i'm absolutely poor, semi-jobless, entering into more costly situations, as a horrible cook. yet, i'm still completely in love with my fiance. i'm completely at peace with my God. and i'm surrounded by caring and hard-working friends and family. what a joyous life!

i'm trying to think of any elephants that will pop up at the wedding. i'm sorry to say that no ice sculpture or topiary will make an appearance, but there will definitely be a friendly touch of that elephant style! just keep your eyes peeled! and for those who cannot attend, i'll be sure to get some snapshots of the elephant details and post them! i'm sorry that i have not kept up the elephant blog, but some things have just slipped in these past few months of preparing wedding stuff!!

as i end my last post as a single lady, i wanted to include a tidbit about elephants, boys, and love. when i first met daniel, i didn't love elephants the way i do now. he was the one to spark my interest (and eventually obsession) with these stylish friends. in fact, there are several things i used to hate/felt indifferent towards before i met my sweetie. steak, for example was at the bottom of my list, yet daniel's favorite. i thought it was gross that he liked it actually. but today, i have gotten to the point where i actually ordered my own steak and enjoyed it!! :) i used to hate logical thinkers.. i thought they were annoying, mean, pushy, and arrogant! but my daniel was the king of logical thinking.. unfortunately. :) but he ended up showing me that a discerning mind is a good thing! he helped me change my way of thought from everything to defending the stylish qualities of an elephant, to defending special education, to defending my faith! he has truly been a positive and godly influence on my life.

i say all that to make a point that... to other single ladies, where ever you are in life... allow change. it's good to have solid foundations and standards, but when someone challenges you to examine your views, don't run away! make your standards stronger by searching them out for yourself, or allow them to change when you realize you were wrong.

don't turn away a complete opposite of your supposed ideal man.... you might not ever learn that your new ideal man turned out to be quite different than your original dream! if anyone knows daniel and me personally, they know how different we really are. but we have grown to become very twin-like!! it's scary how similar our thoughts and actions are! all because we have allowed each other to "rub off" on the other!

am i the know-it-all of love and relationships? no, but when you love someone as much as i love daniel, you want others to experience it too! so i'm willing to risk sounding weird just so others can get a glimpse into what worked for us! :) maybe a little change will work for you too! :)

the next time i post, i will be an edwards! amazing!

this is how i feel right now:
"i'm on the top of the world looking down on creation and the only explanation i can find, is the love that i've found ever since you've been around! your love put me on the top of the world! :)"

look out for wedding pics soon after our honeymoon! :)
reagan :)