One Week Anniversary!

Hello all. It's been a week since the wedding, but Naomi and I are settling in to married life pretty nicely. Thanks to all who came and supported us during our wedding celebration. It was great to see so many familiar faces and to get a chance to catch up with you all. We both feel truly blessed to have so many loved ones (and in so many different cities and states, at that). In particular, we would like to thank our parents Peter and Mary Graber and George and Jeanette Leary for their support.

One of the things I mean when I say Naomi and I are “settled in” is that we are both employed and enjoying our jobs immensely. We make communication an emphasis and we show our affection kindly. What's the problem? We live in different states! For now at least. This was always part of the deal, but it is still not fun to be physically separated newlyweds. While I am working at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier VT, Naomi is all the way in Boston MA (we should have just moved there – for all the time she spends there, Naomi may as well live in Beantown). Despite our frustration at not getting to be together, Naomi and I are both very glad that we got married when we did, and that we are going to create a life together.

I'd like to end by giving a plug for a truly wonderful wedding planner and caterer, Grace Schwartzendruber. If you or any of your friends are planning on getting married in the Elkhart/Goshen area of Northern Indiana, you would do well to enlist Grace's help. She was a lifesaver over the months of planning, as well as the wedding weekend itself. For those of you who are married know, there are about twenty-three thousand things you must consider for your ceremony. Grace knows each one of these, and was a huge help for us. I don't believe that we could have pulled it off without Grace. Check out her Facebook page: Plates by Grace!

I do have more to say, but I'd like to keep this blog post short and sweet. I'll try to post another one shortly.