White wedding dresses werenโt always the norm. Queen Victoria wore white in 1840 and the world followed. Tradition is often just one bold choice that stuck.
Three couples. 42, 41 and 25 years of marriage. ๐ค
Tonight I had the honour of leading a triple vow renewal at A Little White Wedding Chapel. Same promises, a whole lot more life lived together. Congratulations to all six of you ๐ฅ
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In Wales, a young man would carve a wooden lovespoon by hand and give it to the woman he hoped to court, a tradition going back to at least the 1600s. Chains, hearts and keys were all carved in with meaning. A whole love letter carved into one piece of wood.
Years from now you won't remember the weather or whether the flowers were exactly right. You'll remember their hand trembling a little as the ring slid on. Let the small stuff go and soak in that moment.
Photo tip for the vows: keep your chin up and your eyes on each other. The second you look down at your hands or your card is the second your face disappears from the pictures.
@XBOX 6000 hours. At 8 hours a day.. Is 2 years? 56 day streak is crazy. This is also my 2nd account. I got a 360 back when Gears 1 dropped. I got the OG xbox the day it came out in the UK. That's some scary stats from 2015. That's only counting the 11 years I've been in America.
Some of the happiest tears in the chapel come from people who aren't even in the room: parents and grandparents watching from home, thousands of miles away. Distance doesn't make a wedding any smaller.
In many Filipino weddings, sponsors drape a veil over the couple's shoulders and loop a cord around them in a figure eight. The veil for being clothed as one, the cord for a bond with no end. Beautiful to witness.
Keep something to look forward to together. A trip, a garden, a someday list on the fridge. Couples who keep making plans keep turning to each other to make them.
Decide before the ceremony who says their vows first. It saves the "you go... no, you go" moment at the altar. Though I'll admit, that little moment has turned into some of the sweetest laughs I've heard in the chapel.
In a traditional Korean wedding, the groom presents a wooden wild goose to the bride's family. Wild geese were believed to mate for life, so the goose stands for a lifetime of faithfulness. Some couples still keep a carved pair at home.
Write each other a short letter to read alone before the ceremony. A few honest lines, nothing fancy. It settles the nerves, and it's one of the things couples tell me they kept.
This Veterans Day, thank you to every veteran and every military family. ๐บ๐ธ To the couples whose love has made it through deployments, distance and long goodbyes, that takes real courage. Grateful for you today and every day. ๐ค