{"id":1000,"date":"2016-06-30T21:56:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T21:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9e5.7ed.myftpupload.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2016-06-30T21:56:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T21:56:58","slug":"a-really-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauriadillard.com\/a-really-big-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"A really BIG deal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467323109756_6220\" class=\"thread-body\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467323109756_6293\" class=\"body undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1467323109756_6294\" class=\"email-wrapped\">So picking this up today was a pretty emotional moment for me. To most, it may seem like &#8220;no big deal&#8221;, but for me it was a really BIG deal! I remember so many times thinking that I needed to have my dress preserved&#8230;.but it was never in the budget!<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\">We certainly couldn&#8217;t afford it right after we were married and then it kept being pushed to the side for other family expenses!\u00a0 We started our journey to become debt free, and again the dress hung in the closet, in a bag, beads turning and all!\u00a0 Then debt freedom became a reality and the dress was stored away as we were building our new home! The week we started moving into our home, I sent the dress off for preservation!<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\">So why was picking it up today so emotional?\u00a0 This dress is what I wore the day that Ralph Dillard said, &#8220;I do&#8221; to Jayden and I!\u00a0 This dress is what I wore the day that our family was born! This dress is what made Gunnar, Creed, and Cross say I was a princess the first time they watched our wedding video!\u00a0 This dress represents the beginning of a lifetime of wonderful memories and many more to come!<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<p>Guess what else?\u00a0 Part of me is thankful for the beads that are yellowed. It represents a bit of the struggle and what we have overcome together!!!\u00a0 I love this dress and all that it represents and I love that I get to see it every single day!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\">~Mauria Dillard<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-wrapped\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So picking this up today was a pretty emotional moment for me. To most, it may seem like &#8220;no big deal&#8221;, but for me it was a really BIG deal! I remember so many times thinking that I needed to have my dress preserved&#8230;.but it was never in the budget! 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