I never imagined my wedding day like this—standing alone in a white dress, mascara streaking down my cheeks, as thunder cracked above.
As a child, I dreamed of golden sunlight, flowers in bloom, and the man of my dreams waiting at the altar. But life doesn’t always honor the fairytales we script for ourselves.
This morning, everything was perfect—my dress fit flawlessly, my bouquet smelled of summer, and I was ready to walk toward forever. Then, just an hour before the ceremony, a message shattered it all: “I’m sorry. I can’t do this.”
He was gone. No warning, no explanation—only silence where vows should have been. Guests whispered, the music died, and I stood frozen. I stepped outside to breathe—and never went back in. The clouds broke open as if the sky cried with me.
Yet as rain soaked me, something shifted. Maybe today wasn’t about becoming someone’s bride. Maybe it was about finding myself—hurt, yes, but unbroken.
This isn’t the story I dreamed of.
But maybe it’s the one that will make me whole.