Melissa Schneider
Best Day of My Life
This will not be included into my digital story but I wanted to inform
everyone why I chose this topic. My
husband means the world to me and this will be the easiest assignment because I
will have a lot to write about due to the passion and love I have for our
relationship and marriage. He truly is
my best friend.
My husband I met at a college party now almost 9 years ago. He knew right when he saw me walk in I was
going to be his wife someday. Me on the
other hand had no idea what was going on and still to this day cannot even
remember our first words together. After
that night he began to text me, call and even email me constantly until the
time came for me to start school at Lindenwood. When I came down to move into school he was
there to help and that pretty much marked the day of our first date. I wouldn’t have called it a date but my
husband tells the story it was a date to him.
We went to dinner, he paid, and then later on that night I was able to
meet his friends. I am not sure like I
said before if it was a date or not, but to my hubby, he calls it a date all
the time when he tells the story. Plus
he adds in different events that never took place too. During the first few months of us dating we
went through a lot of ups and downs, which made us stronger as a couple. He was
always there for me like I was always there for him.
The proposal was fantastic. My
husband was in a contest for Saint Louis’ own KSDK Biggest Loser
Competition. He shed over 200 pounds and
became the male winner on the show. He
was an inspiration to a lot of people and even to myself. He won almost all of the challenges and when
it came down the final weight in on Saint Louis’ KSDK he WON! It was the happiest time for him and I. He worked so hard at losing all the weight
all I could think of was all the hard work he put into this and he was going to
be rewarded with a trip to Cancun, Mexico.
Needless to say that wasn’t his only agenda after winning the
contest. He had a bigger plan all along
and it was to propose to me. I had no
idea it was coming and then he dropped down to one knee and as stupid as it
sounds I still had no idea it was going to happen. After he asked me and the microphone was
jammed in my face I was finally able to say YES! It was the most fantastic moment of my life
and we will never forget it. Plus it was
recorded for us, so we really won’t forget.
Now that I had the bling on my
finger it was time to tell everyone.
This is the honestly exciting for me to tell everyone I was engaged to
the man I will spend the rest of my life with.
The first stop was getting to surprise my parents in Chicago with the
news. I was nervous the whole 45 minute
fight about telling them, needless to say my husband already told them, because
he was old fashion as asked my dad for permission. How cute! I know. My mom and dad had a cake made for us and
wedding magazines waiting when got to the house and most of my family was there
to celebrate. It was an awesome moment
and words still cannot describe in words the feeling of happiness, joy, being
over whelmed and other things going on in my head all at once. Still to this day when I talk about it I
start to cry. After dinner we were
finally able to cut into my favorite bakery’s cake. As we were cutting the cake the only two
things going through my mind were planning a wedding and what kind of dress
what I was going to get!
Now to move closer
to the day of the wedding, March 20, 2011 will be a day we never forget. The morning I woke up on Sunday I knew it was
my wedding day and my friends and I couldn’t have been more excited. We all woke up supper early and gossiped
about everything that morning no matter what it was or who it was about we just
giggled. When we arrived at the venue to
get our hair and makeup done and to finally put my wedding dress on for the
day, we all still had the giggles. I
think maybe out of nervousness, not sure, but we all had so much fun. It was odd knowing that in 5 hours I was
going for Miss to Mrs. and I would be
gaining a way longer last name and moving down to the end of the alphabet. After the hair was done and I was more than
excited about it, and the make up was done, which was fantastic, she made me
look like a model; it was time to put that dress on. This was one of the most tearful moments and
not even by me, but by everyone else in the room, even the photographer had
some tears. I didn’t cry once until it
was time to leave the room, and get the show on the road, as my dad said.
As I was walking
out of the room I took that first look at my father and him at me… and I knew
this was show time. I knew I would
always be his little girl, just married now.
Things were changing; I was no longer going to be able to run to my
parents, or my dad, when something was wrong… that person would now be my
husband. It was just an eye opening moment. Those next few minutes before it was our turn
to walk down the isle felt like it was hours.
I was becoming really nervous and all my dad could do was try and talk
to me to make me not cry, which made him cry, which in turn made me laugh and
cry all at the same time. Finally it was
our turn to walk down the 30 steps to the main floor where I would finally get
to marry my best friend. I will ever
forget but as I was walking down the stairs with my bouquet, which was so
heavy, I almost feel and my dad had to catch us. It was something that lighted the mood and
made me laugh and it made for a good photo too.
The last few steps were everyone looking at us taking photos then it was
now time for my dad to pass me off to my future husband. He kissed and hugged me; my future hubby and
then my hubby grabbed my hand we were off.
It was time to get married and start the ceremony.
Finally, I see my
future husband while we are standing there listening to the Priest and the
Rabbi. His eyes were red and at that
moment I knew I had to be the one not to cry.
Which, well I was that person. He
made sure to watch me walk down the stairs all the way down the isle and even
looked at me walking up the stairs to where we would be married. Those moments when he was looking at me and I
was looking at him, I felt like we were the only two people in the room. It was an awesome moment between us. Our
wedding ceremony was fantastic and having a Priest and a Rabbi officiating our
ceremony made our wedding unique and very diverse. Now the moment when we said the I Do’s, this
was an interesting moment with my future hubby is in tears, and needing Kleenex
non-stop. Just made me not cry and laugh
a few times thinking of this big 6’5 giant crying in front of over 75 people.
When it was time to place the rings on I was nervous and dropped his and well
he put mine on wrong. We are for sure, a
match made in heaven, with us both not knowing what we were doing. Should have paid attention better when we
were practicing. Well after that it was
time or a kiss and it would be our first kiss as husband and wife. It felt different giving this same person
I’ve been with for 7 years a kiss… odd I know but we are finally husband and
wife and starting our life together.
I am happy to say
we have been together three years in March and are going strong. We have a beautiful house and little dog that
is like our child. We are supportive of
each other and make sure to bounce each other back to reality, every now and
then.
This is the story
of my best day.
