Ode to my Mother and her level head
Wedding planning is hard. I’ve found myself completely caught up in the “have-tos”: You have to have someone do your flowers; you have to have a DJ; you have to have your invitations printed professionally; you have to have a 5 tier cake with the works. I’ve been so caught up in it that I forgot that Bob and I are getting married; forgot that was the point.
It didn’t start out this way - I had always planned on having a somewhat unconventional ceremony and reception. But you start talking to vendors and mention that you plan on doing the flowers yourself and they give you a look like, oh poor dear and you begin to wonder if you really know what you’re doing. After all, these people have put on thousands of weddings. They must know best.
They do not.
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