Amy Ohen and Jonathon Mauritz met at a coffee shop. When asked what her first impression of Jonathon was, Amy says she thought Jonathon was a college frat boy. “I was surprised that he was flirting with me because I was minding my own business studying in my comfy sweatpants and t-shirt. I was definitely not looking my finest!”
After one month of dating Amy says she knew Jonathon was ‘the one’. The two tied knot in August 14th 2010 in a glamorous wedding ceremony in Houston and a classy dinner at the Westin Galleria ballroom.
Minutes Away; Getting Ready
The One For Me
I was looking for a God fearing, loving, thoughtful, educated, practical spouse. I knew Jonathon was the one because I always prayed for a man strong in his faith. One day Jonathon presented me with a Couple's Devotional for Dating Christians. It was so lovely. During the week we worked through the devotional individually and on the weekends we would pack a picnic blanket and some snacks and go to a park to complete the joint part of the devotional. It really worked to bring us closer together and closer to God at the same time! What i love most about my husband is his patience and his quirky sense of humor.
And Two Shall Become ONE
All About Marriage
Waking up in the morning to my husbands beautiful smile is what I love most about marriage and I believe the most important aspect of marriage to make it successful is communication!
So far marriage has taught me to be giving to be selfless and despite all the negativity, fears, challenges that comes with marriage, we make our marriage work by never going to bed angry, trying new things together, being interested in each other’s daily lives. No matter how boring I think his job is I let him tell me about his latest work project because it makes him happy!
A moment of prayer
To make the honeymoon period last we try a new recipe together once a week. It's so fun to decide on a recipe, go grocery shopping for all the ingredients, make the meal and eat it together. It's the little things in life.
LETS CELEBRATE!
Oh Happy Day!
FAMILY MATTERS
JUST MARRIED
Advice
To the single woman hoping to get married some day, i would say, be the woman you would want your love one married too. Develop your relationship with God, your own hobbies, interests and education and one day sooner or later your spouse will complement you instead of defining you.
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Thanks for the feature :-)
Lovely pictures, and I love this story! I wish the Mauritz all the best.
Simply beautiful!! I loved all the combined elements that featured both cultures prominently and in a cohesive fashion! Hurray for love and all its wonderful examples!
Gives me hope that i'll one day find my "Johnathan"
~Mai
Beautiful wedding and such lovely words of advice. Congrats!