To those of you that did not know.

Ten days before our wedding I received a life altering phone call.

The Plan: We were going to start our marriage living in Georgia. We had already found a wonderful place to live, that I had moved into the day I received the phone call. Our honeymoon was booked * Jamaica* 10 days all-inclusive resort. Outdoor country wedding set for August 20th 2011. All the plans were in order. However junk happens at a moments notice.

The phone call: Aaron was stopped at the border for a three hour questioning. He was not let through, but to add to that he was banned from the States for 5 years. This was the first of many tearful conversations.

Action Plan to have my groom for our wedding: Hire immigration lawyers who deal with this sort of thing all the time to help us. They were able to get Aaron in for our wedding on parol. Which is a temporary 10 day stay. Enough time for us to have our wedding and leave for the honeymoon. Our wedding went on just as it was planned. We had a massive set back, but we made it through. Only took Aaron two days to get to Georgia. Rough two days for Aaron.

Key Point: My husband is no criminal, but man are they treating him like one. This is very upsetting to anyone that knows him.

The wedding that almost did not happen: AMAZING. We had rented out Briar Rose Plantation (located in White Plains GA) for the weekend. 120 guests, and hours of dancing. Great southern fried chicken and for dessert cheesecakes and mississippi mudd pies. Best day of my life. All our family and friends rolled into one place to celebrate our love and commitment to one another.

Honeymoon: Wonderful. At the same time horrible. Everyone goes on their honeymoon expecting to start their lives out with one another after. Not us. We had to fly home separate ways from Jamaica. I flew to Georgia and Aaron flew to Calgary. That was a tear filled day. As much as we were so ready to "get back to reality" our reality did not look so pretty. It involved lawyers, paper work, and a hole lot of "what should we do now?"

Decisions: I had to quit my job in order to have to freedom to visit my husband as often as needed to maintain a healthy marriage while his paper work is being filed. We (us and the lawyers) have been working hard to overturn the ban that was placed on him. This is not an easy process. Hours of paper work and searching for documents and having friends and family write multiple letters for us. We had the apartment in Georgia which is our home here. Obviously Aaron is still in Calgary so we had to get an apartment there as well. God has graced us with amazing Landlords that have helped us out tremendously.

The *new* plan: Get to Georgia as soon as possible. In the mean time, work hard and get this lawyer stuff behind us and look forward to a bright future. Life has not been easy, but this is to be expected. Nothing prepares you for the unknown, you just have to take it one day at a time. They say the paper work process can take 2 months to 18 months which is better than five years. We have no idea when we will start our new life down in Georgia together but we are praying it is soon.

Thank yous: To all who have been praying for us and to everyone who has written letters for us. We appreciate the support and love from everyone. It is amazing to see friends and family fight together for your relationship. Most important thank you to my husband for working so hard to support us both. I love him more than words can express.

To the man than banned him: May God be with you sir, because you have no idea the heart ache you have caused this family. If you cared to know Aaron a little better and realize our relationship is as real as ANY true relationship, you would not have wished what you did on him/us.

Traveling alone sucks. I look forward to the day my husband can fly with me again.

Until next time, your prayers are appreciated! Hope to have an update sooner than later!