A note to my engaged friends/friends who are thinking about getting married,
As Jurem and I were getting ready for bed last night, we were talking about how many ideas change during the “engagement period”.
Ideas before marriage:
He reminded me that I wanted a beach wedding and he always wanted a church wedding.
I didn’t want a strapless dress and it had to be smooth fabric.
We wanted the reception at a vineyard in Napa.
We wanted silver accents.
I wanted to get married the week of Thanksgiving and have a “Thanksgiving buffet”
What we actually ended up doing:
We got married at the church I grew up attending.
I had a strapless, lace, 7 layer, princess dress.
We had the reception at an Estate.
We had gold accents to match our Disney cake topper.
We got married on October 4th (the day we first said “I love you” to each other)
Yesterday, none of the things that we originally wanted mattered. The wedding that we had was the wedding of our dreams. I could not picture it any other way. Don’t worry about having the biggest flower arrangements, the perfect dress, or an orchestra.
The only things you’ll really look back on are the person you meet at the alter, saying “I do” and getting to spend the rest of your life waking up next to that person. Your dream wedding is only one day in your lifetime. Your “dream husband or wife” is the rest of your lifetime.
As Jurem and I were getting ready for bed last night, we were talking about how many ideas change during the “engagement period”.
Ideas before marriage:
He reminded me that I wanted a beach wedding and he always wanted a church wedding.
I didn’t want a strapless dress and it had to be smooth fabric.
We wanted the reception at a vineyard in Napa.
We wanted silver accents.
I wanted to get married the week of Thanksgiving and have a “Thanksgiving buffet”
What we actually ended up doing:
We got married at the church I grew up attending.
I had a strapless, lace, 7 layer, princess dress.
We had the reception at an Estate.
We had gold accents to match our Disney cake topper.
We got married on October 4th (the day we first said “I love you” to each other)
Yesterday, none of the things that we originally wanted mattered. The wedding that we had was the wedding of our dreams. I could not picture it any other way. Don’t worry about having the biggest flower arrangements, the perfect dress, or an orchestra.
The only things you’ll really look back on are the person you meet at the alter, saying “I do” and getting to spend the rest of your life waking up next to that person. Your dream wedding is only one day in your lifetime. Your “dream husband or wife” is the rest of your lifetime.