After a year of emailing back and forth I was so excited to finally meet Jabbar and Kayatana! They had spent the last year planning the perfect Hawaiian wedding, and that is just what it was…..perfect. From the pillows that they hand sewed for all their guests to the flower she wore in her hair, Kayatana planned the perfect day. I was told by a close friend that she was a perfectionist and she lived up to her reputation. Not one little detail was missed. She just might be the most organized bride I had ever met. It obviously pays to be organized because while most brides are running around behind schedule in a frantic mess Kayatana was relaxed and peaceful. Everything was running so smooth that we had plenty of time to sit back and chat and she told me all about her romance with Jabbar. How they met at a conference in Texas and how they now work just one floor apart for the same company. It was a perfect fairy tail and now they were going to have a prefect fairy tail wedding. You are an amazing couple with fabulous friends and family and I thank you for letting me be part of your day. Here is a little sneak peek of what is yet to come.
I know that I have said it before but women who support their military men should be up on pedestal. We are all well aware of the sacrifices our men and women of duty make for us while they are deployed and away from all who love them but I do not think we give enough credit to the loved ones that are left behind. It takes a strong women to be married to a military man. It never ceases to amaze me how these militray wives can put on a brave face as they send their husbands off to far away places knowing they are going to be in the face of danger. How they are crying inside but they still pull up their boot straps and take up their own battle on the home front. The bills do not stop coming, the cars do not stop breaking down, the grass does not stop growing, the dinner still needs to be made, the circus we call life still goes on and they do it all. Not only do they do it all but they do it with poise and dignity. They do it because they have to. They do it like no one else can.
When my good friend told me that her husband was due to leave for another year long deployment I shook my head in disbelief. Again? Really? Didn’t he just get back from his last 15 month deployment? He literally had been home for a short 18 months and now he is off for another year. I seriously do not know how she does it. She is a better women then I. I would be stomping my feet and whining and well pretty much throw an all out temper tantrum that would put most three years olds to shame. It takes a strong kind of love to survive that much time apart. And a love like that needs to be celebrated. So a few weeks before he left I got the honor of capturing that love on camera. It makes me sad to look at these pictures knowing that there are many miles separating my friend from her husband but it also makes me happy to know that such a love exists. In a world where divorce has become a common household word there is a love that goes the distance.
