My Brother's Wedding

I am the second of four children in my family. My older sister, Shannah, got married in 2008, I got married in 2009, my younger sister got married in 2013, and in just a few days my brother, Anthony, will be getting married. After this weekend all 4 of us will be married. It's crazy how fast years go the older I get. I remember when my brother was born and when he started school. I remember going away to college and he was only 12 years old. And now he has found a young woman who wants to be his wife.

Shannah's husband was an only child, Mitch has one unmarried brother, and Necole's husband has just 2 brothers, one married, one not (although they've never met)... So this will practically be the only sister in law for all of us. I can't imagine how intimidating it was for her to meet "the sisters." When I started dating Mitch I had already gotten to know his family. I got to know them as Mitch's friend... Not his girlfriend... No intimidation there. But when she met all of us, she met us as my brother's girlfriend and potential future wife.

My brother had never really dated before this girl, and, like I said, I left home when he was only 12 years old, so it is strange for me to see him with a girl. It's been a strange adjustment for me to think of him as a "boyfriend"... And now he's a fiancé and soon he'll be a husband.

I was watching my little boy sleep today and I just kept thinking, "he's growing up so fast" and he's only 8 months old. But I feel like I just found out about him yesterday, while, at the same time, it is strange to think about before him... Before I knew anything about him. He is so much a part of my life now. I love watching my family grow with weddings and babies. But some days I wish that I could just freeze time. I want to soak in every bit of the ​now.