Darkness Before Dawn
We were soooo young when we got engaged, too young for sure!! We were a couple of the 80's, baby, r eady to take on the world with no fear! We got engaged on March 18th, 1988 and planned a beautiful June wedding. As I look at the innocent girl in this photograph, full of rich hope and marvelous dreams for her future, yet knowing how life is actually going to turn out for her nearly thirty years later, realizing it will be nothing like her expectations, wishes, or dreams, I can still, in all honesty, say... I wouldn't change a thing! We were wed, much to my parents disappointment, outside of the temple. As Mormons we were taught to aspire to a temple marriage. We refused to follow the crowd and conform. We planned a wedding where all of our loved ones could attend and celebrate with us, none would be excluded from sharing in our joy! June 10th, 1988 we vowed to work together for better or worse, in sickness and in health, til death do us part. Vows we've