Wedding ~ When And Where?
Celebrating a wedding should be full of happiness, but unfortunately the unexpected happens, causing you to rethink the date you've chosen for your wedding.
Let me give you some examples:
(1) Rob and Jessica have been engaged for a couple of years and have their wedding planned for November. About a year before the wedding, Jessica's father is diagnosed with a terminal illness and is not expected to live to walk his daughter down the aisle.
To this couple, having Jessica's dad attend their wedding is more important than adhering to a wedding date they picked because it was the anniversary of the day they first met. So they are realistic, make many phone calls, and escalate the date of the wedding to May 15.
Rob and Jessica may miss running in their scheduled annual May marathon on that day, but Jessica's dad is a proud and happy papa on May 15 and the tears he sheds on that day are only ones of happiness that he was able to be a part of his daughter's special day.
(2) Less than two weeks before Carrie and Mike say their vows, Mike's mother has an accident and dies. Advice-givers galore want to know if Carrie and Mike are going to postpone their wedding because of this tragedy.
Realistically and with wisdom, Carrie and Mike decide to proceed with their plans on the arranged date. There are tears when the toastmaster raises his glass to absent friends and family, but the happiness of the day wins out over the sadness of the past two weeks and the focus is the wonderful occasion of this day.
Sometimes unfortunate, sad, even tragic things happen. We don't wish these kinds of things to happen to anyone when they are planning a wedding, but if something of this nature happens, be realistic and do the best thing for everybody involved.
Let me tell you that in all like cases that I've experienced, the sadness does not take over and the main reason for the day shines through like a beautiful, sunny day.
