6 results for "wedding day"

Don’t Listen to Your Reasoning, Rent the Darn Tent!

By: Lindsay Graham -  Despite a stormy beginning, Michael and Lindsay Grahams marriage is running smoothly. That’s how the lifestyles editor at my hometown newspaper wanted to begin my marriage announcement. Unfortunately, she was being quite literal. It rained during my outdoor wedding. There I was standing in my wedding gown, looking like a princess in a white A-line dress complete…

Perfect for Each Other

By: Inessa Cutler -  It was supposed to be our perfect wedding day. At the start the fat Elvis was walking me down the aisle to my soon to be husband, Peter, at the Graceland Wedding Chapel. When Elvis gave me away, all I could feel were the knots in my stomach, as I stood before the judge ready to commit to a lifetime with Peter. The judge began the civil ceremony with the following wo…

Our Story -Hometowns or Where We Grew Up

By: Margarita Shafiro -  Victor was born in Athens, Greece (his mother is Russian who grew up in Philadelphia, PA and his father is Greek). He moved to the U.S. when he was four years of age. He grew up in Philadelphia, PA. Margarita was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. She grew up in a town on the Black Sea called Novorossyisk, Russia. She came to the U.S. to go to school 6 year…

The Perfect Flower Girl

By: Heather Schirtzinger -  Deciding on a flower girl was one of the hardest things for my fiancé and me. One evening we sat down and thought about all of the children in our families. It took us about an hour to finally decide and then we made the call. Keep in mind this little girl (Kennedy) is seven years old and it's known to me that she adores me. She tells her mom that she looks…

Heart of Friendship

By: Michele Wallace Campanelli #1 New York Times Best-selling Author -  Melisa and I have known each other since we were young teens in the United Methodist Youth Group. She was a big time player on a local junior high softball team and very popular. Even though we didnt have much in common (Im not a bit athletic and younger), she took me under her wing. We grew up together. Years p…

Short Two Bridesmaids and a Hairdresser

By: Mandy Fleming -  It all started one month before the big day. My husband and I live in Georgia, but our wedding was in Massachusetts. I was supposed to have two bridesmaids and a maid of honor. My bridesmaids both live in Texas so we went to visit them a month before the wedding. A few days before we left, I went and picked up the bridesmaid dresses. To our surprise they decided …