“Miles and miles and miles apart.
Although so far you've touched my heart.Your laugh, your voice, your smile,
Seem to shorten every mile.”
I don’t even know where to begin on this blog. We fell in love with Nicole and Paul. Maybe it was because of the way Nicole and her mom laughed at our dumb jokes at our first meeting, Maybe its because they have endured, distance, the military and a number of setbacks on their wedding day and remained focused on their unfailing love. Maybe because Erin prayed for snow on their wedding day and we got it, in the most unseasonably warm December to date, the one day it snowed was on their wedding. or maybe it’s because the only minute we were more stunned then the moment we saw how handsome Paul looked in his uniform was the first moment we saw Nicole in her dress. Maybe it was when a woman came running after us in a park so fast we were worried she was going to steal our equipment because she wanted to shake the hand of a Marine on his wedding day and give him a gift. She pulled her car over to do so which explained her frantic to find us. Perhaps it’s because of the way Paul stood tall always ready to protect Nicole from ice, wild horses, or the cold. Maybe it’s because we drove them around in the most chaotic and dysfunctional shoot we have had to date and they were relaxed and trusted that we would still get something beautiful. I thought maybe It was because even when I lost a horse and went running after it to re-bridle it, and Erin silently freaked out and wondered if we had enough money to replace a horse, they stayed calm and were ready to make a run for it if we had to. (I caught, bridled and saved the horse and all that was hurt was my pride after talking up what a great cowgirl I would make.) but I knew for sure we had fallen in love with them when a few weeks later Nicole sent Erin and I a box in the mail with two horse ornaments and a note that said “these ones won’t get away from you” I mean seriously. Who couldn’t love them after that?
We cannot say enough good things about Nicole and Paul, we genuinely got super attached to them and were heartbroken to hear they would be stationed in California but felt much better after she told us she would visit us when they came home. We wish all the most beautiful things life has to offer them because not only did their love warm us on the only snowy day in December it inspires us whenever we remember it. Thanks Paul and Nicole for your patience, humor and most of all your inspiring love. Please, please please keep in touch….
