JC & Charmaine - Inimitable - 11 October 2019

After 5 months of 'hanging out and getting to know one another', 5 years of dating and a 15-month engagement the first day of the rest of our lives started.

I remembered being freaked out the last couple of months before the wedding. There was so much to do, so much to prepare for & so many things unknown. Except the day of the wedding. I was up before the sun. Excited, weirdly calm, stepping into a fairy tale.

I took a walk through the garden of our venue, thinking back about these little letters in blue envelopes he left somewhere on me, in my house, or in my school locker every time we were together. I thought about the day he fulfilled his promise to take me to Cape Town for my birthday, and on a yacht we exchanged promise rings. I thought about his brilliantly planned surprise engagement in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the back and a photographer to capture every second. And by the time my thoughts have come to this, I was standing in the middle of the chapel. I saw what was a misty morning turning into a beautiful day in Muldersdrift. It was a beautiful day to get married.

I could hear the first guests arriving and checking into their rooms. We had guests taking 5am flights from Durban, Cape Town, Zimbabwe and Kenya, traveling to share in our celebration.
The day ended up being everything we hoped for and more. We saw families come together, our guests becoming social media friends, ugly cries, the weirdest dance moves you can imagine and absolute pure love.

Hearing the excitement of our arriving guests, seeing my dad tear up when he saw me, and having my mom walk my halfway down the aisle, with my dad escorting me to the altar are some of my favorite memories of the day. And as I'm walking down the aisle to the beat of our favorite song, and seeing my husband-to-be with tears in his eyes, I know this will be a moment that will last forever.

Venue: Inimitable Wedding Venue
Videographer: Motion Craft Films