Soak it in

That moment. When you get the best view in the house, just before the plunge. Your feet dangle into nothingness as meandering cotton candy-eating parkgoers begin to resemble mice in a maze.

And then Newton’s First Law of Motion sets in. Gravity takes hold. Suddenly you’re in a whir of sound, color, and adrenaline. You find it hard to catch your breath as you join the rows of screaming people locked into the experience with you. And then it’s all over.

You can probably relate those exhilarating times to other points in your life, like anticipation for events that go by with the snap of a finger. Hours upon hours of planning and thought. A flash. And then it’s over.

That was exactly how our wedding panned out. June 23, 2024. My lovely wife Braede and I have now had nearly a month and a half to debrief, and it has been so fun to recount little details of that day, like not having enough time for dessert, or posing on a chairlift that overlooked the Rocky Mountains.

What makes that time so special, though, is almost that we can’t go back and relive those hours surrounded by family and friends. Those times become immortalized through the stories we tell our kids years later. So if you’re gearing up for an event of your own, when it happens, take time to soak it in without getting bogged down by worries. Enjoy the moment. You may be able to add one more detail to your story.