"Cassidy"

Submitted by: Sean Ethan King 9-A 22

Being in love and in a serious relationship at such an early age, could be very difficult. I really just

had a normal life, I would do my schoolwork, hang out with friends, spend time with my family, and

didn’t eat my vegetables. Until I was grade 6, and I met Cassidy , because we were classmates,

little did I know that she would be the love of my life. It started simple, I would introduce myself in

this creative way for her to notice me, and she did. I was very friendly to her and she was as well to

me. I would her treat, how she’s supposed to be treated, with respect, and etc. and cared for her,

the way she was supposed to and more. The feeling was amazing, and couldn’t be explained with

just one word, it should be expressed as “ the feeling was amazing, awesome, etc.”. We finally got

to express our feelings for each other, when my friends talked me into courting her, and they gave

me inspiration, I also listened to “Eminem” in “Lose Yourself” to not give up, so I just went for it.

After expressing our feelings toward one another, things just went slow, we would go out to dates,

hang out , etc. We did so much together, I couldn’t imagine what life would be without her, and I

would thank the Lord everyday for her birth. After finishing college and high school, and still being

as closer than ever, we decide to get married and settle down. We've been together for so long, I

just had to propose to her. So we got engaged, and Cassidy was going crazy, trying to prepare for

the marriage, and me, I was just pulling money out of my wallet, because it was really expensive,

but it was worth it, because I spent tons of money, but in the end it was priceless. We got married

in Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, Indiana. I was so surprised on how beautiful the place

was, it seemed unreal, the place was so huge and had 44 large stained glass windows and murals

completed over a 17-year period by the Vatican painter Luigi Gregori, plus this was the tallest

University Chapel in all of America. We wanted to get a Catholic marriage because we both

believed in God, we both wanted to be united in mutual and faithful love, we both believed that this

was a gift from the Lord, we both wanted to be a sign of Christ's love in the world. I was so glad

and lucky that i was going to marry Cassidy, I try to thank God everyday, because according to

Proverbs 18:22New King 22 "He who finds a wife finds a good thing,

And obtains favor from the Lord." This meant that you can find may kinds of wives, the wives who

just use you for money and fame and fortune, or the wife who will just destroy you all together, but

I'm thankful to the Lord that I found the right one so early, and I truly believe that was a gift from

God, and that is another reason why I wanted a Catholic Marriage so badly. Before the marriage

however, we needed to know the rules and requirements for us to get married, which was just 3

basic rules:

The couple must be capable of being married—that is, they must be a woman and a man who are

free of any impediment that would prevent marriage.

The couple must give their consent to be married — that is, by an act of their will they irrevocably

give and accept one another in order to establish marriage (Canon 1057).

They must follow the canonical form for marriage—that is, they must be married according to the

laws of the Church so that the Church and the wider community will be certain about the validity of

their marriage.

Once the real marriage came along, it went well for the, most part, we said our vows, did the " you

may now kiss the bride part", then other stuff happened as well, until finally, before we knew it,

we've been married for years and have 2 kids Sofie and Matthew. Cassidy became an interior

designer and a top model, while I became a very successful businessman, so we turned out to be

very rich and famous. We did get into many of fights since we started our relationship, but like what

they always say "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and that was definitely the case here,

because it only made us stronger. Everyday and every night or anytime that I can, I pray just to be

thankful for having Cassidy and for our 2 beautiful children, I thank the Lord, because I have

everything i want in life, and my family is happy, I thank Him because we are more fortunate than

others and we have everything we need and more.

Reflection:

I learned so much from this project, especially knowing that marriage is very difficult and complex.

Marriage is more than just putting on rings, but it is a union of the 2 people, and being united in

mutual and faithful love. Marriage is a holy sacrament. This made me realize how important

marriage really is, and how finding your life partner would be very difficult. The bible could further

explain marriage just by a couple of verses, and to me thats really helpful. Marriage is very difficult

to begin with, but after marriage it would be even more difficult but by the end, it would be worth it,

if you found the right life partner, there is a saying from an unknown person "Don't marry someone

you can live with, you marry the person you can not live without" and this statement is really true

and wise. After marriage, you can start a family, and after marriage you are "one", you are united

with the other individual, and marriage makes us stronger, we would always have hardships in life

all the time, but in marriage it supports us. Marriage is very powerful as well, and this project

helped me realize that, temptation is everywhere, every minute of everyday of your life you will

face temptation, its inevitable, the devil will always try to tempt you no matter what, marriage on the

other hand is on of the "cures" to resist temptation, because marriage is love, we can defeat

temptation with love. Most importantly, after marriage and we become parents, it will become our

turn to help guide our children to the right path, etc. then they will start their own family, and the

cycle will continue.