What is the earliest family wedding you remember attending? Did your family attend many weddings when you were growing up? What do you remember of them? What was typical of weddings you attended? Were you ever in a wedding as a child? As you became a young adult were you in lots of weddings? What roles did you have? Did you catch the bouquet (or garter)? What "royal" or newsmaking weddings do you remember and how old were you? For the gals, were you one who planned your wedding repeatedly as you were growing up or was it not a big deal to you? What have you noticed that is different about weddings today, and do you consider it for better or for worse?
My flashback:
I cannot think of very many weddings I attended as a child. I remember a few we went to of people from church. At one wedding the couple stood on the top of the stage with the minister below on the steps. I liked this so the audience could see them instead of just their backsides and wanted to do this in my wedding.
I've been in a few weddings. I was a bridesmaid for a church friend before I got married.
I always liked reading the wedding announcements in the Sunday paper, especially where they would go on their honeymoon.
Attending weddings always got me thinking of what I'd want my wedding to be someday. I wanted to have Steven Curtis Chapman's "I Will Be Here" sung. I thought about the cake and colors I'd choose and who I would have as my attendants.
A funny wedding story I remember....One day my aunt and uncle came over to my house to tell us they'd gotten married. I was so disappointed because I thought they had not invited me to the wedding. But really they'd gone to the courthouse.
Have a day of blessings!
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Oh, I always read the announcements in the Sunday paper too! I loved the ones with the big picture and lots of details!
Thank you Bethany, for sharing. You reaffirmed my faiith in women in that weddings somehhing to be dreamed about. My daughter loves to read the wedding announcements even though she's married and older.
Today she stayed overnight in the grass on the route to Buckingham Palace. Her intentions were to rush in after wedding party had came in. I hope she had a good viewing spot for that. She was at the ropes by the street fairly close to the castle. She said that she them all going and coming this morning.
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Blogger doesn't like me this morning so I'm not giving you my picture.
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Oh, I have so many remembrances of going to weddings growing up. Guess it had something to do with the fact that my Dad was pastor of our church.
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Blessings for a wonderful weekend!
You can probably identify with my dismay when, as a teen, my dad came home to tell me he had gotten married and I hadn't been invited to the wedding! He said, "Oh, we just went to the court house." Even so, I think at least a couple of family members should have been invited -- like my step-brother and I!
I enjoyed your wedding memories today. I used to like to read the wedding announcements, too!
Hi Bethany ~~ I am not sure that my morning comment took. I was having Blogger problems.
That courthouse stays pretty busy, doesn't it? My older daughter was married there but had a church wedding real soon afterwards. Most people didn't know about the court house JP one.
That was neat having the paries reversed in where they stood. I take it you didn't do that?
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I like the idea of the bride and groom facing the audience. I wish that I had thought of that!
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