Friday 12 August 2011

Safely married

Salam ladies~

It's been a long break, hasn't it?

Well, Alhamdulillah, as the clock ticker rightfully announces on the right hand bar of this page... Mr. A and I are now safely proclaimed as husband and wife. :)

After all the preparations and immense emotional turmoil over the past few months or so, it feels great to finally be at a stage of peace and relaxation. :) I can never forget the many faces who have helped on that very special day when everything came to be... my immediate family, to whom I am eternally grateful and to whom countless thank you's can never be enough; to my external family members, who came to our rescue in ensuring that things were laid out smoothly and as planned; to the friends and colleagues who turned up, equally as excited as I was; to the guests, who contributed to the merriment of the ceremony. I am sincerely grateful for the du'as, prayers and thoughts initiated by all and can only pray that Allah give you much deserved blessings in return. :)

Two weeks down the road since I've been a Mrs to the hubby, it's been quite an interesting change. It feels like the family has extended to include more sisters and an additional mother and father but when I reflect back, the reality is we have created a family of our own - of two people, directly intertwined with a set of two other families. Sometimes the realization brings tears to my eyes - both of joy and sadness, for a part of me is happy to be in a lawful relationship with my former fiance and ex-boyfriend, but another is sad to have been separated from a relationship and tight bond that has raised me for more than two decades - my parents and my family. When prior to this, I only had my parents and my siblings to attend to, that priority has now shifted to my husband. I am sometimes filled with a range of mixed emotions but I suppose this is part of the change in process. I hope I'll be taken gracefully through the process iA and ameen. :')