I was just remembering a really touching moment from my wedding - it still brings tears to my eyes.
I have two dads, my real dad and my stepdad. But my mom is the one who has raised us really and I was upset about not having her walk me down the aisle (I love my dads and had them both escort me down the aisle). So I decided that instead of picking one dad to dance with at the reception or dancing with both, that I would dance with my mom instead.
So right after my first dance with DH, they called my mom out and played the song (Veronica by Christian Castro - a latin artist with a very famous latin actress mom; he wrote this song as a dedication to her and the words are just beautiful). Literally the song started playing and my mom and I hugged and I just started crying! It was such an emotional moment. I am the only daughter and I lived with my mom until that very day so not only was I getting married that day, I was also leaving home.
My grandmother, aunts, uncle, and some friends even cried! People came up to me and told me what an emotional and touching moment it was. Someone gave us a copy of the video they took at our wedding and when I saw that again, I got teary eyed. I really love my mom!
Here are non pro pics from my dance with my mom:
Anyone else had a touching moment at the wedding (other than the usual emotional moments like vows, first dance, etc)?
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I had a carriage take us to our reception hall... When we were riding in it.. we rode by a little girl who was waving at us! She said 'Mom look a princess'...then after i waved to her she started to bouncing up and down saying 'Wow..mom its Cinderella, Its Cinderella'...i was so happy ....
Its was the most geniune thing i heard all day.... She was so excited about it...and it made me feel like i was a princess......
Not a tear jerker but it was still nice to hear...
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My sisters' toast was all about how my father, who passed away in 04, was surely watching down on me, touched by all of the ways that I incorporated him into our day (choosing to marry on LI where he lived though I live PA, having Ed Travers sing Jimmy Buffett songs for the CH...his fav, butterfly favors that represent the memory of him, memory candle, etc....) and they ended by telling the story of how when my oldest sister were conceived, if she was a girl, they'd name her Rita, if it was a boy...Nathan. And then when their second child came along, if she was a girl, they'd name her Christine, if it was a boy...Nathan. When I came along, if I was a girl, they'd name me Jessica, if I was a boy...Nathan. My dad always wanted a son named Nathan. Of course, they got their third daughter with me!...Well, God has mysterious ways of working and my dad finally got his son Nathan (Nathan is my DH!). I always felt he had a hand it, it was like once he passed away he helped send me Nate. My sisters, me, DH, my mom...we were all crying. Its hard to describe or remember word for word but it was so touching.
You have me in tears!! Your Dad def sent you Nathan!! I love your story!
Me too!!
Me too!!!!
I know!! Imagine me on my wedding day hearing that. It hit me out of nowhere bc I wasnt expecting them to talk about that story, but there is nothing else in the world I wouldve wanted to hear on that day. It was so special!! Nate was all emotional. We have talked about that story but to hear it in that context was a different experience.
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great thread, by the way! I LOVE reading everyones special moments! gets me all sentimental.
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These stories are so wonderful! I'm in tears at my computer
Mine would be dancing with dad
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When my Dh's god daughter (Flowergirl) was wheeled down the aisle by her grandfather. She has cerebral palsey and it was so touching everyone had tears
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right before I walked down the aisle my mom was so choked up- she told me some very special thoughts and that was the moment when I was like -oh my- this is really it. My mom is such a sap, I could be one as well.
Another touching moment is during the speeches- My MOH lost her mom less than a week before the wedding and other than the service they did not attend the reception. They wrote such a beautiful speech and with all that we were going through the week before the wedding it was so heart felt- the MC read the speech. It was a bittersweet day- her mom was like my second mom- I know that she was still with me that day.
1) i'm a violinist and wanted a string quartet for the cocktail hour. i mentioned this to my parents in passing one day and the next time i brought it up, my dad was like, oh i already booked a quartet! i was a little confused that they would do it and not tell me, but i didn't think anything of it. so the wedding rolls around and a little bit before the ceremony started, my parents dragged me out of the bridal suite to say hi to someone. . .it was my violin teacher, who i studied with for 7 yrs, who convinced me to go to ithaca, which is where i met DH. i hadn't seen him or talked to him since my freshman year in college (8 yrs ago!), so when i realized who they hired for the string quartet, i pretty much became hysterical. it was an awesome surprise!!
2) my dad kept insisting he was going to cry the entire day, especially walking me down the aisle. he didn't. he waited until it was just us back in the bridal suite right after the ceremony. he hugged me and started to cry and that's only the 2nd time i've ever seen him cry.
3) my cousin and i are super close. we're only 9 months apart, grew up together in NY and then both moved to AZ. we joke around that we're really twins, not cousins. he went through a bunch of sh!t a few years ago and i dropped everything to be with him. after the ceremony, he came up to me, crying, telling me how much it meant to him that i was there for him during that time.
and now i'm crying
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We had a couple of touch moments on 'Our Wedding Day'.
I got emotional when we pulled up to West Sayville Country Club because I felt my dad there. My dad passed away eleven years ago but I knew he would be there is his own way on 'Our Very Special Day'. I am so glad that I decided on the Rolls Royce for myself because Limo Driver did not let anyone near me until I was able to calm down.
We saw butterflies flying around. So, we knew that our loved ones that passed were there watching over us.
The photo montage got us also. I saw the pictures of me and my family with dad and got tears in my eyes. Michael held on to me.
Our wedding was very truly beautiful!!!
~dancer and chef~ charlotte and michael
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even though DH and i took pics before the ceremony and he saw me many times - he was completely BAWLING when i walked down the aisle. like his face was soaked and he was nearly sobbing. in the 8 years weve been together he has cried TWICE that i know of - one of which was over sports. so to see him up there SO emotional in front of 200 people was the icing on my wedding cake
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I was a crying mess the whole wedding!
With everything that happened with Steve's accident just 2 months prior... it was a very emotional day. The thought of almost not having been able to marry him made the whole day that much more emotional!
it really hit us during the ceremony...
I cried when I danced with my dad...
during the toasts...
during steve's dance with his mom...
when we first saw each other...
haha, i was happy i swear! they were just tears of joy, emotion, happiness... and thankfulness that this day could even happen!!!
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definetly dancing with my mommy
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My sisters' toast was all about how my father, who passed away in 04, was surely watching down on me, touched by all of the ways that I incorporated him into our day (choosing to marry on LI where he lived though I live PA, having Ed Travers sing Jimmy Buffett songs for the CH...his fav, butterfly favors that represent the memory of him, memory candle, etc....) and they ended by telling the story of how when my oldest sister were conceived, if she was a girl, they'd name her Rita, if it was a boy...Nathan. And then when their second child came along, if she was a girl, they'd name her Christine, if it was a boy...Nathan. When I came along, if I was a girl, they'd name me Jessica, if I was a boy...Nathan. My dad always wanted a son named Nathan. Of course, they got their third daughter with me!...Well, God has mysterious ways of working and my dad finally got his son Nathan (Nathan is my DH!). I always felt he had a hand it, it was like once he passed away he helped send me Nate. My sisters, me, DH, my mom...we were all crying. Its hard to describe or remember word for word but it was so touching.
You have me in tears!! Your Dad def sent you Nathan!! I love your story!
Me too!!
How incredibly beautiful! Im teary!!! I agree~he sent him to you!
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My sisters' toast was all about how my father, who passed away in 04, was surely watching down on me, touched by all of the ways that I incorporated him into our day (choosing to marry on LI where he lived though I live PA, having Ed Travers sing Jimmy Buffett songs for the CH...his fav, butterfly favors that represent the memory of him, memory candle, etc....) and they ended by telling the story of how when my oldest sister were conceived, if she was a girl, they'd name her Rita, if it was a boy...Nathan. And then when their second child came along, if she was a girl, they'd name her Christine, if it was a boy...Nathan. When I came along, if I was a girl, they'd name me Jessica, if I was a boy...Nathan. My dad always wanted a son named Nathan. Of course, they got their third daughter with me!...Well, God has mysterious ways of working and my dad finally got his son Nathan (Nathan is my DH!). I always felt he had a hand it, it was like once he passed away he helped send me Nate. My sisters, me, DH, my mom...we were all crying. Its hard to describe or remember word for word but it was so touching.
You have me in tears!! Your Dad def sent you Nathan!! I love your story!
Me too!!
How incredibly beautiful! Im teary!!! I agree~he sent him to you!
that is such an incredible story! Ur father definetly had a talk with the big guy upstairs about sending u ur honey God is so awesome!
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Dh's brother making his toast. he was getting so emotional he almost didn't finish. he was making everyone else cry too. it was a really speech!!
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Also, my DH and I wrote letters about each other for our priest (Why Todd? and Why Kara?) Our priest read them aloud during the ceremony - the whole things. We hadn't heard them and didn't know what the other had written. There was hardly a dry eye in the church.
Kara: that is very sweet. Did you & DH have to ask the priest to do this, or was it his idea. I saw that at a wedding we went to right before ours and loved. The wierdo priest that did my ceremony would've been clueless if I asked him to do this cause he screwed everything up.
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i had a lot of touching moments throughout our day... we received our proofs back and when my father was giving me away he gave DH a huge hug and whispered in his ear to please take care of his girl...
plus the dance with my dad and then because my biological mother is not in my life and i have a wonderful stepmom (who has been more like a mom than my biological mom has ever been) I surprised her with a song ~ I am blessed to call you mother...
Mine was actually before my wedding. We were taking pics in the lobby at the hotel while the driver packed up the limo. My photographer stopped for a second to get himself organized after he posed my little sis (MOH) & me in front of the fireplace. My sister leaned over & gave me a kiss on the cheek & said 'I love you sissy.' That was the first time all day that I just couldn't hold back & I started crying so hard. My sister was my best friend when we were kids & we have grown apart as we've grown up. We're still close, but it's just not the same as when we were kids so that moment meant so much to me.
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I'm a complete emotional bomb usually And I barely cried the day of my wedding, must be because I was soo happy!!! But it was all down hill when I started dancing with my dad! It was so special!!!
Ok, I have lost both of my Parents. So, I said...I refuse to cry on this day. I had many days that I cried missing them. I was determined to make this a happy day! No Crying allowed for me!
Well, I did very well, until...... My Fathers Best friend asked me to dance. They had know each other since kindergarten. He watched me grow up and fall love with My Husband. I burst into tears while we were dancing.
