In honor of the the coming celebration this Saturday, I’d like to gather words of encouragement for Charity and Andy. Married folks, what advice did you receive as engaged folks/newlyweds that you really appreciate? OR what advice do you wish you had received?
One of the best things told to me came from Angie Arms who had gotten married three weeks before Jeremy and me. During our reception she came up to me and told me to freeze frame this moment… Take a deep breath, look around and remember what this moment looks like, she said. En route to her honeymoon, she and her husband Randy talked at length about the wedding ceremony and reception and their perceptions of the details that had occurred. I loved this advice and used it on June 13, 1998, to help Jeremy and I make even greater memories of our wedding day.
4 Comments
Haley May 11, 2005 6:40 PM
Enjoy your day. Weddings take a lot of logistical planning, but once the rehearsal starts and things get underway, it all moves really quickly, and whatever is going to happen is going to happen. The main thing is to enjoy the day you’ve spent so much time planning and waiting for. Also, try to eat sometehing the day of the wedding so you aren’t starving the whole time. That’s all very prosaic, but useful, I promise. :)
bobw May 12, 2005 8:36 AM
take a night off from the wedding chaos. go out to dinner or a park or something and talk about why you love eachother and all that good stuff, but NO talking about the wedding.
Kristen May 12, 2005 11:49 AM
Be good humored. Things at your wedding won’t be perfect, but enjoy them just the same. :o)
Matthew May 14, 2005 2:39 AM
“During our reception she came up to me and told me to freeze frame this moment… Take a deep breath, look around and remember what this moment looks like, she said.”
Absolutely, it goes by so fast! And then, when you’re on the plane to whatever sunny place you’re going, you try and remember what the heck just happened! :)