To Catch a Firefly

by Emmy Sanders

Luck. We’re going to get married today. Can you believe it? In less than an hour, you’ll be my husband, and I’ll be yours. I know they say wedding day jitters are common, but I’ve never been surer of anything in my life. I was twenty-two years old when I said goodbye to you. College was over, our childhood was over, and it was time for you to move on. I said goodbye to you a lot after that. Each time you came to visit or we talked on the phone, I knew goodbye was inevitable. I don’t have to say goodbye anymore. I know we decided to exchange simple vows today. To say our ‘I dos’ in front of our family and friends. And I know that was for my sake because Lord knows I wouldn’t be able to give much of a speech on a day like today. But… I promise you this, Luck. I will love you for all of our days. I will cherish you the way you deserve. I will hold you every chance I get. And I will be closer than that any time you need it. I will treat you more carefully than glass. I will hug you before every flight. I will kiss you all the days we’re together. And I will think of you any day we are not. I don’t know what it is that makes attraction, but I know I bend toward you no matter where on this Earth you are. I feel your pull, and if I am your moon, as you say I am, then I promise to always call you back home. You are my world, Luck. And even when all goes dark, I will look for you. I will find you, blinking for me in the endless night, and I will be with you always. My brilliant fir...