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I ever so gently tilted her head up with my fingertips under her chin until our eyes met and she smiled. I cupped her cheeks, letting my thumb explore each crevice of her soft face, gently caressing her skin.
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We arranged our official English legal wedding ceremony in front of a small group of friends and family at the registry office. We decided to celebrate this in a more intimate way than most people in our community do in order to get our marriage recognised as official as possible, to celebrate our British culture and to have our friends from work and university there in order to attend the part that they are most familiar with before fulfilling all of our religious and cultural obligations in our nikkah and walima ceremonies.
I got dressed up in a beautiful white wedding dress and honestly felt like a Disney princess, each intricate detail was made to perfection, as I sparked in the morning light as it shone through the dress, making me feel so blessed and happy whilst Ali was dressed in a dashing white tuxedo, though I tried my best to lower my gaze out of respect and modesty.
My maid of honour is Mariah Naqvi, my best friend and Zainab Ahmadi(Ali's little sister) is my head bridesmaid, Chloe, Liv, Lily, Melissa and Emily (friends from uni and secondary school) along with a couple of close relatives and work friends are my bridesmaids , all of who were required to wear elegant, modest, floor length purple dresses. I had my little cousins and some of Ali's nieces and nephews as my page boys and flower girls, the boys dressed smartly in suits and the girls in little adorable white and lilac dresses, which was so cute and adorable.
My mum and dad walked on either side of my wheelchair that was rolling down the aisle to give me away, their fingers locked with mine. We began the proceedings with some light instrumental music being orchestrated before we said our vows, exchanged our wedding rings, signed the paperwork and were now declared officially married in the eyes of the law, Alhumdolilah, which felt so wonderful.
Then we ate out as there were not many of us, just my family and his along with 5 friends and family members at the nearby hotel where we cut a white wedding cake, which was so tasty.
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