Ninmah I. Askia

This day was magical to me. Every moment. Every laugh. Every smile. Every feeling.
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Wedding story #1 (caption continued in comments): Listen, I had prepared a list of items, the night before, that I not only needed for our big day but as well as my children and the groom. I packed everything on my list and checked it twice. When Shamir and Noah came by the house to gather their things and stay with one of his groomsmen (yes we were legally married before December 9 for the ones who may be wondering if we were shacking) I specifically asked him if he had MY ring. “Yes, I grabbed everything babe.” Bet.

Fast forward to the moment I’m in the dressing room in my dress preparing for the ceremony to start just to hear, “who has the brides ring?!” 😳 Whaaa??! I simply responded to the wedding coordinator that Shamir or his best man should have my ring because Shamir told me he grabbed it. Welp, unfortunately he didn’t.

Surprisingly, I wasn’t livid. Surprisingly. All I remember is three of my bridesmaids offering me their wedding ring to wear during the ceremony (how considerate?!), but of course I couldn’t fit NAN one. Sigh. Now I’m kind of bothered. Everyone literally went into troubleshoot mode. “Do you know the last place the ring was left?” “Is it inside the ring box?” “Is the wedding band attached?” “Do we have time for someone to run to your place?” By this time, we have 25 minutes before the wedding. Thankfully we live approximately 7-8 minutes away from the venue; however, there and back would be about 16 minutes leaving us 9 minutes to spare….God forbid, without any defaults, accidents, etc.

When I say two of my bridesmaids risked it all to make sure I had my wedding ring in a timely manner (legal disclaimer: nothing illegal transpired in reference to “risked it all” because whew…🤭)leaving us abooouuut... I won’t state the minutes left. lol It was the most selfless and heart-felt act for me and truly one of the kindest memories I’ll never forget.