photobooth friday - marriage week edition

(Me and Adam on the left, Summer and James on the right)

Tomorrow is the big day.

James and Summer are getting married tomorrow. Adam is getting a little nervous about his officiating role, but we have a long car ride ahead of us today, during which he is going to run through all his “lines” and work out the kinks.

Adam and I had a long conversation last night about an issue we had some disagreement about. It reminded me of all the work that marriage is... but of how rewarding it can be when you've worked things out. The discussion was a growing experience. He and I decided early on that the “mission” of our relationship is to help each other grow. If we aren't doing that, we aren't doing each other any good being together.

And what a growing experience this wedding has been for us! We're not even the ones getting married, yet we've both been forced to really think sincerely about what marriage means to us. Adam and I have actually suggested/chosen the words Summer and James are using to make their vows to each other. Since we're not married, it's given us a chance to really reflect on what we think marriage should be.

But yesterday, when the four of us went to the mall to get these pictures taken two days before the wedding, it wasn't about the social construct of marriage. It was just about four friends who've helped each other through the transitions from college to adulthood (or, in my case, adulthood to college). Two couples who've been unsure of themselves at times, but who've pulled through all those difficulties and, when it comes down to it, just have fun together.

From the photos, it may not appear that we've acclimated to adulthood all that well. But I'm ok with that.

Many thanks to Andrea for thinking up photobooth friday. I wouldn't have thought to visit the photobooth right before their wedding without it, and we all had such a fun and memorable time.

More about photobooth friday here and here.