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One of my most favorite swoon-worthy moments in a book is Rush and Blaire’s wedding in Forever Too Far by Abbi Glines. He presents her with four gifts, each attached to a note.

“Blaire,

This was my grandmother’s. My father’s mother. She came to visit me before she passed away. I have fond memories of her visits and when she passed on she left this ring to me. In her will I was told to give it to the woman who completes me. She said it was given to her by my grandfather who passed away when my dad was just a baby but that she’d never loved another the way she’d loved him. He was her heart. You are mine.

This is your something old.

I love you,

Rush” 

“Blaire,

I’ve waited until today to show this to you. It hasn’t been easy to not say anything about it. But when I was reminded of who your mother was, I was also reminded of this piece of satin. I had forgotten where it came from for a long time, but I knew it was special, so I kept it with me. All the time. Growing up, when I was scared or alone, I would hold it in my hands and rub it across my face. It was a secret I wanted no one to know about. But it soothed me. 

When your father reminded me of the Mickey Mouse pancakes, my memories of your mother all came back. With them, I remembered the day I got this piece of satin.

Your mother always wore a pair of pink satin pajamas to bed at night. She would often rock me to sleep, because I was difficult to get to calm down long enough to close my eyes. I loved it when she held me. My own mother never did. I would go to sleep at night rubbing my nose across her arm and the pink satin pajamas. The day she left, I remember being scared. I didn’t want to be left with Georgianna. Your mother hugged me tightly, then tucked this piece of satin cut from her pajamas into my hand and told me to use it at night when I was going to bed. 

I’d love to say this memory came back to me all on my own, but it didn’t. I just knew the fabric had to do with the woman who made me pancakes. So I asked your dad. He told me the story, and I realized that the recurring dream I had growing up about the woman in pink satin pajamas was real. Not a dream.

It’s mine, and you can’t have it (unless you really want it, and then it’s yours).

This is your something borrowed.

I love you,

Rush”

“Blaire,

This teardrop represents many things. The tears I know you’ve shed over holding your mother’s piece of satin. The tears you’ve shed over each loss you’ve experienced. But it also represents the tears we’ve both shed as we’ve felt the little life inside you begin to move. The tears I’ve shed over the fact I’ve been given someone like you to love. I never imagined anyone like you Blaire. But every time I think about forever with you I’m humbled that you chose me.

This is your something blue.

I love you,

Rush" 

Her something new was a gold anklet with diamonds that matcher her engagement ring.

And if that wasn't swoon-worthy enough for you, he wrote this song for her and sang in as she walked soen the isle... 

“When you first looked at me

I forgot to breathe

that moment marked my hardened heart

I vowed to never leave

And the touch of your skin

healed something deep within

that left me wanting more of you

the less I got the more it grew

Oh I couldn't help from falling, falling for you

So I'm standing here, oh girl you know

After all that we've been through we couldn't let it go

and as long as I'm alive, in your eyes I'll stare

holding you so close I'll solemnly swear

that I have fallen too far

that I have fallen too far, too far for you.

For you

When I finally found you

I finally found me

that day I won't soon forget

the reason for it all

I'll give you a new name

nothing in life will be the same

the story is now complete

our life and love is all we need

'Cause I couldn't help from falling

falling for you

So I'm standing here oh girl you know

After all we've been through we couldn't let it go

and as long as I'm alive, in your eyes I'll stare

holding you so close I'll solemnly swear

that I have fallen too far, that I have fallen too far

too far for you

My heart is beating

begging for you

this night will be 

a dream come true

so fall, fall, fall into my arms

So I'm standing here oh girl you know

After all that we've been through we couldn't let it go

That I have fallen too far

That I have fallen too far

That I have fallen too far

too far for you, yeah

For you...” 

Lyrics by Abbi Glines
You can listen to the song at the bottom of the post.

We all love swoon-worthy moments, right? And if you've read J.L. Berg's Within These Walls, you know all about the pudding cups. Who would have thought pudding cups could be so swoon-worthy?

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About WITHIN THESE WALLS:

Within these walls, he became my solace, my sanctuary and my strength. I am not strong. I am just a survivor of circumstance. Isn’t that what we all do? Survive? Each of us has our own set of circumstances to muddle through. Mine are just more…complicated. Born with a severe heart defect, I’ve seen the inside of a hospital room more than my own bedroom. I was drowning, a prisoner to the illness that owned me, until he appeared. He thinks he’s blocked out the world with his tattoos and hard exterior, but I see the real Jude, the one he so desperately wants to forget. But is he the answer to my prayers or will he break my already damaged heart forever? My name is Lailah Buchanan, and this is our story of hope, redemption and sacrificing it all for the one you love. Add it to Goodreads here! Read the first chapter here! Amazon | Barnes and Noble | iBooks | Kobo