an easy one....

today i begin writing one thing about each day that was good.
well, today was an easy one!
my day was filled with so much goodness and beauty. it was truly amazing.

one of my dearest friends, Lindsay, got married today.
so right there you've got a pretty major reason why today was a good day.

the weather was perfect. the venue was gorgeous. the decorations were amazing. the couple were stunning!
the food was delicious and, in general, it was a spectacular day!

another thing that made it good was that i didn't become overwhelmed by so much love and beauty and joy, like i usually would. today i actually just embraced it. and i enjoyed it. i had a few tears - but they were acceptable because everyone was crying - it was during the speeches where everyone gets emotional. i managed to rein in the tears, though, and i felt "in control" of my emotions today. quite an achievement for me, and one that i have to say i am quite proud of. it truly was a splendid day (and the possibilities for photography were endless, so i was really in heaven!)

after all this goodness, i felt quite content as i drove myself home. how else could this day be any better (apart from having hubby there too)?
waiting for me at home, to my surprise, was a lovely bunch of flowers from the mister. (i'm sure you were all thinking the surprise was going to be him.....haha, i wish!)
i could not believe it! he had known that i was going to have missed him today, and he knew that i'd had a pretty rough weekend emotionally (and was probably worried that i would've been an emotional wreck after the wedding)...that he thought he would send me flowers to make me smile. and they did. i smiled. a lot. in fact, i'm still smiling now as i'm writing this. i can smell the delicious fragrance wafting through my room and i am happy. right here in this moment, in this day, i am happy.

and it feels GOOD!





i will leave you with a little snippet from the millions of photos i took today. this one was actually a mistake, but i kind of love it. lovers escaping into a secret garden. plus - it doesn't give too much away, because i have been told before that some people don't really like photos going up on the web before they've had a chance to put some up first. so here it is. here they are. Mr and Mrs Faris :)