Our family will remember 2022 as the year of the wedding. Our son got married in November. I had no idea a wedding was such a massive undertaking with at least a thousand details needing attention. And I got off easy as the groom’s mom.
In the end, the ceremony was gorgeous, the bride was breathtaking, and the groom was cute as could be. Though the weather didn’t cooperate and provide the outdoor wedding Hannah had her heart set on, the rustic wedding barn fit their style. And I gained the sweetest daughter-in-law I could have ever prayed for.
About three hours before the big event, I learned I was supposed to dance
with Logan. I can’t dance, but I did the sway thing anyway. And picked the song, Wind Beneath My Wings by the original artist, Gary Morris for our sway. I don’t cry pretty, so I prepped myself all day, reminding myself since their house wasn’t ready, they’d live with us for a few more weeks or months and he wasn’t going anywhere except for a brief honeymoon, so I WOULD not cry.
And I didn’t. We laughed about how slow the song was, as he made fun of the sappy lyrics and my dancing abilities.
I also learned things. Throwing birdseed is old news. Today’s couples have the bridal party hold sparklers as the couple leaves. But tradition remains. Hannah Bourgeois (Booj wah) is now Hannah Vannatter. Say that three times fast. She moved from the beginning to the end of the alphabet. People still can’t spell her last name and she still has to pronounce it for them (Van Adder).
For us, it was the wedding of the century. After the brief honeymoon, the bride and groom lived with us until mid-January. The day they got electricity, they were gone. But only across the road. We can almost see their house from our driveway. I keep threatening to cut some trees so we can. Even though, they’re just across the road, I miss them. They don’t come see us as often as I’d like, which would be every day, and I try not to be an annoying mother-in-law and show up at their house too often.
With the wedding and the newlyweds gone, I’m back at my desk. The new desk I got for Christmas, with help from my Georgia cousin, Robin, who works at a furniture store. I LOVE IT! Finally, I have plenty of room and storage. My computer faces the window instead of the wall. I’m busily revising two of my writing projects
. I don’t have any new books releasing, but I’m working on it.
In the meantime, I have quite a pile of books I’ve edited for giveaway. Comment or answer the question in this post to enter the drawing. One winner may choose from the following print books. Click on each title to read about them:
Love in the Squared Circle by Heather Greer
Forever Home by Hope Toler Dougherty
Love in Any Season (novella collection) by Regina Rudd Merrick, Amy R. Anguish, Sarah Anne Crouch, & Heather Greer
Sharktooth Island (novella collection) by Susan Page Davis, Linda Fulkerson, Elena Hill, & Deborah Sprinkle
Bentonsport: A Christmas Story by Lisa Schnedler
Question for Readers: Have you been to any weddings lately? Tell us about your favorite wedding you’ve ever attended?
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The two most recent weddings and favorites I have been to were my nieces. The youngest in October 2020 and the oldest in June 2021
Hi Mark, it’s fun to watch our young loved ones find the one. Our son had a crush on Hannah in high school. But he was two years younger. 2 years after he graduated, he connected with her and convinced her 2 years was nothing.
I think since Covid a lot of couples are not having traditional Wedding ceremonies. The last Wedding we were supposed to go to was my nephews, but they could only have 25 people there. As of right now, I am not aware of anyone else’s Weddings coming up.
I would have to say my favorite Wedding was my Daughters, we planned it in just 7 weeks, but she was so easy going & there was no Drama!!
My friend’s daughter had a big wedding planned when all that first hit. They ended up canceling all their plans and getting married in the family back yard. Weddings are great but I think too much can be put into them. It’s the marraige that really counts.
I love reading this. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like one of the best weddings ever. So happy for you all. And your son is a super cute groom!
Thanks Delores, it was a special day. And she’s been a blessing to our family.
My favorite wedding was a cousin’s wedding where she asked me to be a bridesmaid. Of course, I was very honored to be asked and it was a lovely wedding. This was back in the late 1980s and was the only time I was ever a bridesmaid.
Being a bridesmaid is fun. I was in my sister in laws wedding years ago. At the time, I was dating her brother. When we got married a few years later, she was my bridesmaid.
Hi, my favorite wedding I have ever attended was my daughters wedding. I only have 1 daughter and 1 son, our son has not gotten married yet. I loved everything about our daughters wedding , she was so very happy and I helped her with wedding things that needed to be done.
I loved our son’s wedding too. Our daughter in law let me go with her when she got the dress and to check out venues. It was a fun time. Our son grumbled through the planning. He wanted to just have my husband marry them in our living room with no hoopla. I kept telling him once it was over and he had pictures and memories, he’d be glad. When they came home from their honeymoon, he said, you know that wedding was pretty cool and I’m glad we did it.
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I was a guest at 2 weddings last year and they were both beautiful.
One of my favorite wedding was my sister. She got married that same year many of my friends were. It was a crazy time. We ordered the bridesmaids dresses and shoes from Chadwicks. She has her wedding in a park and the flowers were blooming. My sister was not a bridezilla. She made things easy for everyone.
I have a winner! Sonnetta Jones won the drawing. I appreciate everyone else who stopped by.