Take Me Back Tuesday | The Walking In Between

He was in the living room and had just put on some Christmas music, filling our little apartment with the sweetest tunes of the holidays. I had changed into some comfy clothes (not cute ones I might add) and had just tied the apron around my waist to begin making Christmas cookies for our neighbors. He was busy figuring out our new espresso machine we had gotten for Christmas because even though it was 7 pm, we just couldn’t wait to try it. We had just gotten home from a weekend trip to Houston where we celebrated Christmas with his family and had run to the grocery store on our way. When we got to our apartment we’d immediately unpacked our things, folded laundry and cleaned up…nothing glamorous. It was turning into a simple evening at home which had become quite a rarity for us lately. As I stood in the kitchen, my voice in tune with the Christmas carol that was coming through the speakers, (or mostly in tune) all of a sudden I just stopped. There was nothing in particular that caused me to pause. He didn’t say anything and there was nothing significant that happened. In fact, it was  the ‘insignificant’ that caught my attention. All at once, I become overwhelmed with thankfulness. Thankful for the warm apartment we were able to come home to…our own little ‘nest’ we called it. Thankful for food in my belly and the ability to even make treats for our neighbors. Thankful for the Christmas music that filled the air and told of the joy of our coming Savior. Thankful mostly though, for the man in the room next to me whose voice joined mine in song. There was nothing special about that moment other than the fact that it was incredibly ordinary. If you’d looked in the window, you wouldn’t have seen anything noteworthy. Just two people ‘doing life’ together on a Sunday evening. As I thought about it, I was reminded of these song lyrics that I’ve come to love and appreciate.
“There are way too many love songs
And I think they’ve got it all wrong
Cause life is not the mountain tops
It’s the walking in between
And I like you walking next to me”
-Ben Rector ‘I Like You’
In that simple evening at home, I was struck by the ‘walking in between.’ That space in between the mountain tops that seems insignificant and inglorious but yet holds an incredible purpose. As a wedding photographer and most certainly as a bride, it can be so easy to see the wedding day as the end all be all. The day of epic celebration. While it is definitely a day of unmatched celebration, the longer that I am married, the more I see that those days of just walking in between are truly incredible gifts. I’m so thankful to be walking with the one that God chose for me.
I was still baking when he came up to me, grabbed my hand and we just danced in the kitchen. I didn’t say it out loud, but right then I thought, ‘I bet I will cherish this memory forever.’
So, in the name of ‘walking in between’,
I Say Take Me Back!
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Photo cred to the amazing Constance Higley!

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