'06 Ladies!
You're year is just about here! The husband of one my co-workers sent this email to me about a week before my wedding. Your day is going to go by so fast and this is great advice!
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I would like to share a piece of advice that XX and I received that was very helpful in remembering our wedding day.
Before we got married, a friend of mine told me that everyone he spoke with can't really remember their own wedding day. They remember bits and pieces but not much detail. That's because you are so busy with the hair and the makeup and the limo and the photographs and the ceremony and the cocktail hour and the first dance and the cutting of the cake ... and suddenly it's over and you wonder where the day went.
But this friend told us the secret.
At least a couple of times during the day, especially during the reception, stop whatever you are doing and just look around - take it all in. During your reception, have your new spouse and you stop, hold each other's hand and just look around your reception hall - take it all in. Trust me it works. I've spoken to people who can't remember anything about their wedding day after a few months. It's been 11 years since XX and I got married and I remember practically everything about that day. I even remember what the centerpieces on the tables looked like.
This advice was one of the best wedding gifts we received and I've shared it with soon-to-be-married couples ever since.
Just every once in a while ... stop what you're doing ... look around ... and take it all in.
I hope it works as well for you as it has for me and XX
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I would like to share a piece of advice that XX and I received that was very helpful in remembering our wedding day.
Before we got married, a friend of mine told me that everyone he spoke with can't really remember their own wedding day. They remember bits and pieces but not much detail. That's because you are so busy with the hair and the makeup and the limo and the photographs and the ceremony and the cocktail hour and the first dance and the cutting of the cake ... and suddenly it's over and you wonder where the day went.
But this friend told us the secret.
At least a couple of times during the day, especially during the reception, stop whatever you are doing and just look around - take it all in. During your reception, have your new spouse and you stop, hold each other's hand and just look around your reception hall - take it all in. Trust me it works. I've spoken to people who can't remember anything about their wedding day after a few months. It's been 11 years since XX and I got married and I remember practically everything about that day. I even remember what the centerpieces on the tables looked like.
This advice was one of the best wedding gifts we received and I've shared it with soon-to-be-married couples ever since.
Just every once in a while ... stop what you're doing ... look around ... and take it all in.
I hope it works as well for you as it has for me and XX
