TOPIC: Count Down To February 14th. Exchange Vows & Tattoo

[aasharon90]

Hi Bikers and SR.

This is a good time in my sober life
as I count down the days to February
14th which is Valentine's Day. Which
is also the day my fiance' and I will
exchange marriage vows followed by
an evening getting new tattoos.

We are both getting arm tattoos
this time. My fiance's is getting
a tiger stretched out under his fore-
arm and I with a large rose preferably
red on my lower arm near by left
hand. With a rose bud and butterfly.

We have 4 hours saved for that
special evening.

Today is almost over as i am
thanksful for another sober day.

We look forward to whatever
our HP has in store for us for
the rest of the week. Blessings
coming up on February 14th.

[toad]

Your Tat sounds beautiful. I wish you and your husband all the blessings of life. Thanks for sharing Sharon. Continue to post as the day draws near so we can take part in your experience.

[TonyB]

Good for you Sharon!!
Congrats!
It's amazing what God can do when we submit our lives to His will.
I pray for many years of happiness for you, one day at a time.
Blessings,

[recoveringnky]

I'm so excited for you Sharon!! Keep posting, as Toad said, so we can share in your joy! Remember...sorrow shared is lessened and joy shared is multiplied!!! Keep HP and sobriety priority! May you both have a lifetime of happiness!

Hugs,
Kym

[aasharon90]

Here it is Tuesday and another day is upon me
ever so grateful for another sober day. Another
chance to live and be of service to the Man
up stairs and to the fellowship of AA and SR.

Everyday a new thought passes thru my mind
to reflect on. Moments ago the thought of.....
The Truth Shall Set You Free...

And how true it is today for me. Years ago
i wasnt true to myself nor to family and
friends. Of course no one knew that but me,
myself and I. Oh, of all the Man upstairs.

For the past yrs, i had been so miserable
because i kept secrets inside so no one
else would get hurt and yet these secrets
of untruthfulness kept me held bondage
withing myself.

Today, because of the willingness to let
go of those untruths, or secrets, i am
free. FREEDOM......what an awesome word.

Freedom with nothing to hide. To be an
open book to people that r close to u.

It's an unbelievable feeling to experience.

And because the truth has set me free,
Im free to experience all the joys in life.
Even more so than ever before.

Today i look forward to what lyes ahead
of me. February 14th. Another chance
to share my life with another and with
nothing to hide.

I look forward to repeating the marriage
vows without a hangover like i did in
my first marriage 20 some ought yrs
ago. In fact my fiance and I have been
saying them and sharing our thoughts
about them.

Vows not to be taken lightly. Of course
its pretty cool to have had experience
once before in marriage and now today
I can correct the wrongs to make right.

For better or worst. In Sickness and
health. For richer or poor. Till death
do you part. And of course as long as
it's the Man upstairs will for all.

Thanks for letting me share.

[aasharon90]

Here it is Wednesday and all is quiet.
My fiance' and I laugh and cut up
about not remembering what we have
planned for Saturday.....we're just
having fun with it like 2 kids.....


We see our marriage license on the
table in a large white envelope and
we'd wonder, nowwhat is that for
from the Clerk Of Court...lol and
we'd pretend we dont have a clue.

Maybe something will ring a bell..... hehe

I guess it's our way of keeping the days
calm and simple. Even tho this is both
of ours second time go round, we r still
getting anxious.

All we want to do is get dressed, hope
on our bike and ride as if its any other
day, then up and say..."hey let's get
married right now." We have the right
papers and all we need to do is stop
in to the Justice of the Peace and have
him or her marry us...

That's pretty much the way it will go
except we had to make our appointment
and get the license ahead of time.

Nothing spur of the moment here.....haha

We r however sooooo looking forward to
getting our tattoos. The only draw back
with that is.....we have a 6 pm appointment
which will take 4 hours.....we r early birds and
we know it will be way past our bedtime
with this.....hopefully we wont fall asleep
will getting tatto'd....lol na dont think so....

[aasharon90]

Computer probs...sorry

[aasharon90]

Thursday, Friday Saturday...HURRAY..!

Another good day almost coming to
an end. We have a beautiful sunset
right now at 5:15. However tomorrow
we shall have rain. Then Saturday,
our wedding day, it's suppose to
be nice. Well that's what the weather
station says.

If the weather is nice we will ride
on our Harley to the Justice of the Peace.
If not....we will take the car.

I went to the Harley store this morning
to touch base with our Witnesses
and make sure they know what time
to be there and what to wear.

Come casual and keep it simple.

No bells or whistles.

I picked them up a lovely thank you
card that we will place a gift card
to a steak resturant for them to
enjoy.

A token to show our appreciation
for them helping us out.

At 6pm we will be sitting in the
tattoo shop awaiting on new
tats.

Hmmmm....wonder who's going
first this time.....

[aasharon90]

Friday.....then SATURDAY...!!!!!

Let's see....most of the day I
spent sharing here on SR. It
always makes me feel good to
share my ESH here with others.

Weather today was kinda
spotty showers mixed with
sunshine.....however tomorrow
we r due with 40% chance of
the same thing.

I always thought it was bad
luck when it rained on ur
wedding day.......

In my first marriage I walked
down the isle on a beautiful
Saturday morning at 11:00
with a horrible hangover.

And in my wedding pictures
the sunlight is directly on the
cross on the altar.

I thought for sure it was a
good sign for a long lasting
marriage. Well 25 yrs is
nothing to sneeze at. Right?

And my fiance' had a 35 yr.
marriage with his wife passing
away due to illness and they
married with sunshine too.

Tomorrow rain or shine I
dont think it will cast bad
luck for us. This time go
round we both r sober and
we have prayed for protection
and guidance for His Will and
not ours.

As long as we follow our
program and apply it to
our everyday affairs then
we have a good chance of
living the remainder of our
lives happy joyous and free.

Tune in for tomorrows update...

Thanks for letting me share.

[aasharon90]

Happy Valentine's Day To You SR.

Today is Valentine's Day, Wedding Day
and Tattoo Day. Any thing else? Oh yeah,

Another SOBER DAY. YEEHA..!

Woke up with rain down pouring as
expected. It cleared and now its
just over cast. However .....

There is lots of sunshine in both
my fiance's heart and mine on
this exciting day in both our lives.

We started off the day with my
fiance making an AA meeting and
picking up breakfast for us.

I had given him a stained glass
picture for our kitchen window
and burgandy satin sheets for
our bed tonight. Then with
out expectations my fiance
gave me a lovely card and
a heart necklace. Very pretty.

And this is just the beginning
of a wonderful day.

Anticipation as to what lyes
ahead.

Wedding at 4pm, tattoos at
6pm.

Ill return for further news as
it happens.

Thanks for letting me share
this day with you.

[toad]

I am thinking about you guys today..........we have watched your relationship bloom here on this forum. I've been around for several years, and this is the first wedding I can recall. May God bless you with abundant life on this special day, and may you and your husband prosper in all things............sobriety is the highest form of prosperity we alcoholics can have.........post some pictures please.

[Amazonqueen522]

Congratulations on your wedding day! I wish much happiness in your lives together.

[aasharon90]

It's about 2:30pm right now.

We spent a few hours out and
about visiting the Harley Store ....
our extended family there .

We bought the pillow cushion tour
seat for our 2008 Crimson Red
Road King Classic. The next
piece we will get will be the
tour pack with the storage
box and back rest.

After that we stop in for
chinese for lunch....yum....
Now its time for a nap....lol

The weather is still over cast.

As of now we r still planning to
take the Road King to get married
at 4 unless the sky falls out.....

We'll just have to see what happens
at 3:30......

Till then we're just chillin.

Ill be back later.

[aasharon90]

Yeeha..! it's official. We are now
married. Husband and wife.

We rode out of the driveway
on our Road King with a small
circle of sunlight peering from
the clouds. No rain tho. Which
was GREAT..! Still threating tho.

Our witnesses showed up the same
time as us. There was no one
waiting to be married when we
got there before 4pm, so the
Lady Justice of the Peace took
us right on in.

The chapal was very nice. There
was a small alter with flowers
and another stand with candles
on it. She light 2 tapered ones
to represent each of us as individuals
before the ceremony.

We then exchanged our traditional
vows to each other and placed
the rings on each others hands.

The Lady JOP was very nice which
made the ceremony for both of
us meaningful.

Papers were signed and it was over.

Short, sweet, lovely, and meaningful.

Just what we both wanted.

Now we are excited about getting
our tattoos shortly.

I'll return tomorrow to share more
as i end this share as a newly married
woman to an AWESOME MAN.

Thanks for letting me share.

[The_Hammer]

Wonderful things, sobriety, marriage to your soulmate. All wrapped tidily in the promises (see pages 83-85 AA text).

[toad]

Congratulations Sharon, and thanks for sharing Sharon.you've tied the knot and jumped the broom. It is called "Holy" matrimony, I guess that means that you guys HP and yourselves have entered into a covenant, an agreement. May you be blessed because of your commitment.

I also have the Sundowner pillow seat and the tour pack with the back rest on my Road King Classic. I have heard that it is very comfortable.

[aasharon90]

Happy Sunday Bikers and SR family.

Yesterday was a filled day of events
from the time we woke up till we went
to bed.

Everything happened as it as supposed
to be. We even finished getting tattoos
an hour early with time to come home
and chill a little bit before heading off
to sleep.

Both of our tattoos came out pretty
cool looking. Very vibrant red on my
large rose as this morning i have
neosporine on it to keep it moist.

Some swelling as to be expected
which is part of the process for
a beautiful tattoo to emerge.

Stlll reflecting on our ceremony
yesterday as we listened to the
Officiant of the court or Justice
of the Peace explain the vows
we were about to take.

What was awesome was how
she touched upon the subject
of HONESTY. It was soooo cool
because both of us already know
the importance of TRUST and
HONESTY within our AA program.

We also began this new relationship
of ours based on Trust and Honesty
already to lay a strong foundation
of what is to come in our marriage.

Kinda gave us chills just hearing it
from someone else.

Anyway the day ended about as
perfect it could. And today begins
a new day for the remainder of our
natural sober life together.

Thanks SR Family for allowing me
to share this experience with you
guys.

[Fulldresser4]

Blessings to you and your new hubby!

Pictures, we want pictures!!

That's me having a hissy fit

[aasharon90]

As soon as i find out how to get
pictures on here Ill be happy to
share.

Thanks guys for all the wonderful
wishes.

I look down at my Eternity Ring
and my husbands new gold band
and know what they symbolize.

A contenuous circle with no end.

Continuous love to share between
the 2 of us.

What a great time to be married. A
new beginning for the 2 of us together.

Thanks SR for joining me on this
special journey.

[serenityqueen]

Sharon, thanks so much for sharing your happiness with us. This is a fine example of the many Blessings that Recovery has in store for us. I'm glad the day went smoothly and was laid back, simple yet beautiful, just like you both wanted.

God Bless You Both!

Now, where's the pictures?

Hugs to you both,
Judy