(Five years ago I posted a blog about the wedding miracles surrounding our daughter, Hannah’s, wedding. Wedding Miracles Now my loving Savior worked many more miracles and allowed me to attend our son’s wedding).
November 16, 2025 was our son, Nathan’s, picture perfect wedding to lovely Daniela Vargas, the culmination of many dreams, plans and prayers. I’ve often prayed in recent years that I would live to see Nathan happily married. It was a tremendous blessing and answer to prayer for me to even be there and witness their commitment to each other.
It was beautiful! Everything went so smoothly, it felt like heaven was smiling on their union. But the journey for me to get there was anything but smooth.
For weeks ahead of time I had been struggling with anxiety about many things surrounding the wedding weekend. Concerns and questions often flooded my thoughts and kept me awake at night. Would we remember all my paraphernalia needed for the mammoth trip to Texas? Would we have enough food and helpers for the rehearsal supper and another group meal I volunteered to organize? At the wedding, should I risk having my tongue stuck out and needing someone to constantly wipe my drool, or just have a rag and scarf over my mouth? I can’t swallow my drool, but either way I knew I’d need to swallow a lot of pride.
I was totally panicked after going to see the venue a couple days before the wedding. I just couldn’t see how it was all going to work. My eyegaze computer wasn’t working in the sun and I was in tears, so anxious about everything. I told Kevin the wind was out of my sails; I felt defeated. I thought I’d be a huge distraction and felt like just hiding in the back during the wedding.
But the next morning as I was stressing about everything and trying to give all my worries to the Lord, He brought Isaiah 26:3 to mind, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” It became like a life preserver for a drowning victim to me and I repeated it over and over in my mind.
At the ceremony I went without my eyegaze device for probably 1 1/2 hours! It was truly miraculous! I’ve never gone more than a few minutes without it before! I only needed suctioning once during that time. I knew God was sustaining me and giving me peace. An amazing answer to prayer!
Even though I was not the mother of the groom I wished I could be, God answered my prayers! I made it to Texas, we had plenty of food and helpers, and He helped me during the ceremony! Even though the drool cloth covered my weakend, lopsided smile, I was smiling huge on the inside! I praise God for working many amazing miracles for me on that beautiful wedding day and keeping me in perfect peace.
Check out the link to the 6 minute highlights video of Nathan & Daniela’s beautiful wedding: Wedding Highlight Video
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