It was about a week later. Everything was unraveling, yet somehow, falling back together again. I couldn’t believe it; it was just too surreal for me to handle.

It was the day before the wedding, the very evening of. I felt so utterly, terribly nervous. My entire heart was ripping slowly into shreds, my anxiety kicking into high gear.

“What’s wrong?” Christian came up behind me, taking me very much by surprise. I wanted there to be full ...