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39. I am marrying for the first time at age 48. I wanted to get married in a church, but didn't want the traditional walk-down the aisle to be "given away". My father is deceased, and while I have two brothers, I am not particularly close to either one. Also, I have been responsible for my Mom's caregiving and I felt the need to show respect to her, but also show that I will have a change in my priorities.
After my bridesmaids and matron of honor walk down the
aisle, I will escort my Mom down the aisle. My fiance will be waiting at the end of her pew, rather than at the altar. We will both kiss her, she will sit down, and we will walk to the altar together.
40. One of my best friends from college was married in the Spring of 1999. She had a video made of various pictures of her and her fiancee each as they were growing up and then of them together up to a short time before the wedding and
set the video to a special song for them. The video was played on a giant video screen in the sanctuary after all the guests had been seated and the Groom and all Groomsmen were in place; the Bride and all the Bridesmaids watched from the back with the doors closed. My fiancee and I plan to use this for our wedding in the Spring of 2001 as well.
Also, my father has passed away and since I believe in the tradition that he should be the one to give me away, there
will not be another relative or friend substituted for this position. Instead, as my fiancee and I feel we should try to agree and compromise on most everything, he will meet me half way down the aisle to escort me back to the alter...a sign that we are truly coming together from the very beginning.
41. When my daughter got married several years ago,in an outdoor ceremony, she had a rather small wedding. Because
there were no groomsmen, the best man escorted the groom's mother and myself down the aisle and the groom met my daughter half way as she came down and escorted her the rest of the way.
42. We've decided to add a bit of "lightness" to the Order of Ceremony, or bulletin. If there is something significant about the person we have chosen to assist with the ceremony, we
are adding it to the bulletin. For example, we've asked a brother and uncle to light the candles because the brother is a fireman and the uncle is an arson investigator. We figured we'd be sure to be safe from fire if they did it! DA, soon to be DT.
43. The wonderful man, I now call my husband, and I wanted something a little different at our wedding. Hidden in my boquet were two long stem roses. When my father escorted
me up the isle, we paused long enough for me to give a rose to my mother (along with a hug, kiss and a few tears). During the ceremony, my husband and I faced each other, rather than the officiant. The guests got a better view of the ceremony. After the lighting of the unity candle, we exchanged gifts with each other. The maid of honor carried the bracelet I gave to him and the ring bearer walked up the isle with a necklace on the ring pillow that my husband gave
to me. As we started back down the isle, as husband and wife, we paused so I could give the other rose, that was still tucked in my boquest, to my new mother-in-law.
44. My fiancée and I absolutely hate the idea of the garter and bouquet toss. So we have decided to do a variation on the theme. Instead of tossing the bouquet, we are going to give a single flower to every single women at the reception.
The flower will be a duplicate of one of the flowers in my bouquet. The flower will have a poem pinned to it as well as wishes for love, success and health. There is no reason that only one girl should have all of the fun, this way every single women is given well wishes. TW soon to be TS
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