Meeting The Family

Back when I was growing up, I knew I'd be different than the rest of my family. I always had a feeling I'd never marry in an LDS temple or be committed to one idea my whole life. But, I can honestly say, I never thought things would unfold the way they have. We are now only 10 days away from my mom and Adrian meeting face to face. This is a HUGE deal for me and something I have been waiting for since a week after I met him and I knew he was the type of man I'd been looking for. Adrian is SO nervous to meet her but very excited to finally hit this stage in our relationship.

I keep having different thoughts about how this whole thing could play out, and I guess I have been stressing about it a little. After all, Adrian is older than ALL of my siblings, and it is the first time my mom will have to deal with her youngest daughter seriously talking about marriage. Marriage at 22(ish) to a foreign man, who has been divorced once before and has three daughters - teenage daughters. No pressure right? Ugh. Wrong.

Truthfully though, I have to give my mom huge credit for her support and love so far. I know my choices in life have not been what she would have chose for me but she loves me none-the-less. My hopes are simple for the memorial day trip. I hope my mom and family can see the happiness I feel. I hope I can enjoy my vacation without worrying about expectations and show Adrian & his girls how wonderful my family is. And lastly, I hope when I leave I can take a huge sigh of relief. Family is everything and if I'm going to marry Adrian eventually, I need our families to somehow blend together.

I guess we will see how this all goes down...10 Days.