For those of you that don’t know us personally – Cambria and Jerry of the Chi-Rez fam are engaged!

Jerry surprised me on Christmas Eve with the sweetest proposal and I’ve never been so excited to be making moves to make him my husband! We’ve been sharing a life together for about 6 years but being engaged does feel different!

We’ve now been engaged almost a month and whoa buddy the wedding planning process comes in super hot! We have decided to get married this year. Yes. 2021. And yes we realize we’re still in a pandemic, but we’re also committed to being married and having a wedding in whatever shape we deem safe!

So we’re wedding planning with hopeful optimism! And we’re so thankful for the love and support from our friends and family!

In all honesty – being engaged has been super overwhelming for me. It’s brought me over the moon happiness and crippling anxiety. I have struggled with telling people and sharing details and feeling in control. It almost feels like everybody was on the same page but me, I was in a different chapter!

I think some of this stems from the fact 2020 was not kind – so being the recipient of such delightful news knowing so many are struggling felt almost unfair. Also there’s no guide for telling people you’re engaged in a pandemic SO I probably failed when I texted most people but I was at least able to get the info out in a concise manner! Processing being engaged is very surreal and I’m still an introvert at heart so I just need time to sit with my feelings!

And while I’m in my feelings – I also need to share my excitement about marrying my best friend! Because I am SO EXCITED!!! I never really dreamed about a wedding as a child but I did fantasize about a partnership like my parents! My parents have been married 30 years and still enjoy being together – they are best friends and continue to keep each other laughing!

In light of my “deer in a headlights” stance on the wedding – we have hired an amazing wedding planner! Emily is a fam friend and has already brought the best energy into this process! We’re so looking forward to working with her and I am so appreciative to her for taking some of the weight out of the “planning” and putting more energy into the joy!

I want to savor this time with Jerry! I want us to have a beautiful wedding day and an even more beautiful marriage. At the end of our wedding day the most important aspect is the fact we’ll be husband and wife!

XO,

C & J