she said yes*
sean is getting married.
sean said he would never even think about getting married till he was 35. and then he met. and everything changed.
and the end of the story is that my big brother proposed last night, to a lovely and sweet and fiesty, beautiful 26 woman last night, on a beach in north carolina.
and she said yes.
growing up is an odd thing. it doesn't happen all at once, so you barely notice the huge evolving process you are consumed by. and then something "grown up" happens in your life and WHAM - you realize how old you are and how not ready you are to be that old.
and i am ready. i am totally ready for this. abby and jen and beck will all remember the countless girls i tried (with no success - i am the absolute worst matchmaker) i tried to set sean up with in college. and jen is so perfect for him. and i've known for about 8 months (that is, approximately two weeks after they started dating) that they would get married and i would love that and i would get to have a sister-in-law and i would get to be "aunt monica" and life at the ammirati's would be better with jen in it.
but still . . . he's my brother. my only sibling. and for most of my life (and his) i was the only woman. i came first. he protected me. he took me on dates. we took vacations together. i was the girl sean brought to parties. and not that sean has forgotten about me, but our relationship has changed. he has jen to ask for advice about clothes. he takes her to the movies. he stays up all hours of the night talking to her about life and God and the future.
and so while i'm thrilled and excited and ready, i'm also feeling this change. our family will change, in good ways certainly, but it will change. and as enthusiastic as i am, i'm a little sad to be losing the best brother that any girl ever had.
*this is an actual title of a country song. and i'm delighted to be able to use it.
sean said he would never even think about getting married till he was 35. and then he met. and everything changed.
and the end of the story is that my big brother proposed last night, to a lovely and sweet and fiesty, beautiful 26 woman last night, on a beach in north carolina.
and she said yes.
growing up is an odd thing. it doesn't happen all at once, so you barely notice the huge evolving process you are consumed by. and then something "grown up" happens in your life and WHAM - you realize how old you are and how not ready you are to be that old.
and i am ready. i am totally ready for this. abby and jen and beck will all remember the countless girls i tried (with no success - i am the absolute worst matchmaker) i tried to set sean up with in college. and jen is so perfect for him. and i've known for about 8 months (that is, approximately two weeks after they started dating) that they would get married and i would love that and i would get to have a sister-in-law and i would get to be "aunt monica" and life at the ammirati's would be better with jen in it.
but still . . . he's my brother. my only sibling. and for most of my life (and his) i was the only woman. i came first. he protected me. he took me on dates. we took vacations together. i was the girl sean brought to parties. and not that sean has forgotten about me, but our relationship has changed. he has jen to ask for advice about clothes. he takes her to the movies. he stays up all hours of the night talking to her about life and God and the future.
and so while i'm thrilled and excited and ready, i'm also feeling this change. our family will change, in good ways certainly, but it will change. and as enthusiastic as i am, i'm a little sad to be losing the best brother that any girl ever had.
*this is an actual title of a country song. and i'm delighted to be able to use it.
posted by monica at 12:54 PM
2 Comments:
Congrats!
I only met her once, but I approve as well.
hey sweetheart :-) you know how happy i am for you and your fam and your brother, so congratulations (even though i said it in person). thanks again for letting me stay at your house, i will be praying for you my dear. much love :-*
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