Category Archives: Weddings with meaning

Creating A Statement of Support: Importance of Community

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The first part of a State­ment of Support includes 2 pieces

  1. An acknowl­edg­ment that marriage is diffi­cult, partic­u­larly now when so much miti­gates against it. It takes a lot of dedi­ca­tion to make marriage work. Everyone enters marriage expecting it to work. But for all the fa-​​der-​​ol about the “sanc­tity” of marriage, it doesn’t have a lot of impor­tance or support in the real world.
  2. An acknowl­edg­ment of the impor­tance of commu­nity to a wedding couple.The facts are in. Couples do better when their commu­nity supports them and this impor­tant rela­tion­ship. The more specific a couple can be about why their rela­tion­ship is impor­tant to them in the wedding, the better able a commu­nity is to support that marriage in the future.

Tip: Explain the impor­tant role that commu­ni­ties make in keep marriages sound. You’re going to ask people for support. Let them know why it matters. They’re more likely to step up to the task. End result? Closer friends and a better marriage!

Creating a Community Statement of Support at Your Wedding

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This is a piece of the wedding that every cere­mony ought to have but few do. Bottom line, marriages that are grounded in commu­nity do better. If you tell your commu­nity you want their support, they’re going to be more conscious about giving it to you. Continue reading →

Fall Wedding Ritual: Sip a Complex Red Wine

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Even though red wines can be fatal to a white dress, if you take care, you can avoid mishaps. (Because you really don’t want to add a Tide Pen† to your wedding ritual!)

Talk about your differ­ences and your simi­lar­i­ties and how in this marriage they are blending together as they have in this fabu­lous wine you have chosen for today’s ritual. You might want to talk about the tastes and what each repre­sents and the role it plays in making the rela­tion­ship (and the wine!) great. (Check out the video for some pointers on finding the right red wine!)

Red Wines

Tip: Choose a wine that pleases you, design your cere­mony around it and invite your commu­nity to toast your long life at the recep­tion with this wonderful wine.

Fabulous: And Did They Work This Hard on Their Wedding Vows?

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Along with everyone else, I loved this video. 12 million people or so have loved it on YouTube. It says a lot about who this couple is and what a good time they have together.

So does it make Wedding Priestess a bad sport when the first thing she thought was “what were their wedding vows like?” Did they work as hard on the vows that will make and keep them married as they did on their entrance? I hope so. ‘Cause you have to admit they’re a fun couple! They deserve to create a marriage that works!

JK Wedding Entrance

(OK, it does make me a tech­nical idjit that I can’t figure out how to put a video in, doesn’t it… I’ll try and get help. Until then, if you’re one of the ten people in the world who hasn’t seen this video, click on the link and go watch! Enjoy it, it’s fun!)

Tip: Want to spend the rest of your life making great entrances? Get to work on the wedding vows. They’re the blue­print for the rest of your life. Find support here. It’s worth dancing through the pages of the Wedding Vow Work­book. I’ll live in hope that you’ll write spec­tac­ular vows and get your­self on the Today Show!

Make Your Wedding Photos Sparkle

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I think too many wedding photos focus on the joy (and joy’s not a bad thing!) but somehow miss the other aston­ishing feel­ings that run through the brides and grooms on their wedding days.

But what about the disbe­lief? the desire, the awe, the trep­i­da­tion, the commit­ment? All those things you feel on your wedding day, you want repre­sented in your album. If you did that, those photos would remind you every time you looked at them, not only how incred­ibly happy you were to be married, but what you felt for one another as you made your wedding vows. Those reminders can keep you actively involved in your wedding vows and your marriage.

Tip: Go read my article on what to whisper to one another during your photos and make your photos a true reflec­tion of your wedding day.