September Hawaii Wedding

by Summerdae
(kona)

I remember the day being really bright.The sun was shining and the water of the ocean was crystal clear.I woke up that morning thinking,"I get to wear that beautiful dress" and be the pretty girl today.

I am a jeans and t shirt kind of girl,so getting into this gown and being the center of attention for the day was a new and enjoyable feeling for me.

I remember my mother in law crying as she helped me get into it,and I remember my best friends surrounding me oohing and awing at the beauty of it.Or of the surprise of SEEING me in it.I remember thinking,I feel...Beautiful,but even more than that...I wanted to see HIS reaction.My husband to be. How would he feel about the dress.

The hunt for my dress:Well, let me start by saying,I intended to wear a white flower print m'u'um'u'u(typical Hawaiian wedding attire)but because of my lack of fashion and dress wearing, my mother wanted me to wear a gown. After two hours of arguing and a call to my husband to be, it was decided that I should wear a gown.

It took me almost a month to find a gown I was happy with. The day I found my gown started out rough. I had tried on more than 10 dresses the day before and could not find anything that fit right. I am almost 6 foot tall, so trying to find a dress that fell the right way was proving to be rather difficult. So I woke up feeling discouraged and uptight.

My sister and I headed back to town to the last shop that we had not had time to get to the day before. I saw the dress as we walked into the shop, it hung from a mannequin model that was set in the far corner of the shop. It was PERFECT, I swear it was the dress I had pictured in my mind when we first set out to put me in a gown. When I asked the sales woman what sizes she had in that style, she turned to me and said "Oh, My Dear that is the last and only one of its kind here."

I started crying,My sister was so shocked, I am not a sap either, so this was weird behavior for me. But just looking at the dress I knew it was not going to fit me. I would have to lose weight to get in to it. So, just to ease my heart and to see if me losing what I needed to in three months was a possibility, I tried on the dress. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever laid my eyes upon...and, it fit. All I had to do was lose about 10 pounds and it would zip all the way and I would have my perfect dress.

I spent the most money I ever spent on any one item in my life and walked out of that shop feeling like I won a million dollar lottery. I set out to lose the 10 pounds and three months later, I stood in front of my mother in law and all my closest friends to enjoy the moment..before the MOMENT!!

So, back to the big day.When we arrived at the wedding ceremony my mom and dad came out to greet me and the looks on their faces were of astonishment. My mom could not stop her tears from falling and my daddy looked beside himself.

As we walked down the aisle, for him to give my hand in marriage, he whispered in my ear...My little tomboy baby girl, has turned into a beautiful princess of a woman.. With tears in both of our eyes we headed toward the beautiful man I was about to spend the rest of my life with. My heart was exploding with emotion. So, when I looked up at my soon to be husband face, as my daddy placed my hand into his,I knew that everything that I had done and gone threw to find the perfect wedding gown for me, was worth it. He looked at me and took me in with the greatest love and appreciation in his eyes. He looked at me and said..you are BEAUTIFUL. And the rest....is history!!