08/13/2026
๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐ฆ๐ผ, ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ?
Shortly before we laughed our way up Mount Mansfield with Abby and Matt, we had a back-and-forth about the weather: NWS reported a very slight chance for a brief evening shower and some clouds rolling in near sunset, but nothing that would obscure the summit views. The chance for awesome was 80%, and it was shaping up to be a fine evening on Vermontโs tallest peak.
Well, Vermont had other plans. Arriving at our target zone, with thunder rumbling from a safe distance to the south (definitely not in the forecast), we discussed our options and all decided to get right down to business and forgo the possibility of sunset splendor. Moments later, at the first sign of a sprinkle, we kicked it up a gear and laughed our little selves up to where we needed to be right in that moment.
Amidst the cold, nearly sideways rain, there were peeks of sun, a little blue in the air, and smiles all the way.
This was not the first zigzag in Abby and Mattโs path up the marriage mountain, and that shone through their positivity from the start. Despite the adversities, these beautiful humans kept hiking forward. Just another example of why ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐.
