I know it is a difficult time in history. A tense one. Protests took place along the very street our chapel sat on just two days before we got hitched. We wondered if we should cancel. But ultimately, we decided that now, more than ever, is a time to grow love.

Do you know how many people want to tell you where to have your wedding? First off, they have geographical input because nobody wants to buy a plane ticket. Then there are those who push for you to have it at their church or in their back yard. People make it about them.

He probably hasn’t thought about the fact that having a wedding gives him an excuse to get all of his buddies—from college, high school, childhood—who have moved all over the world, to come to town to party with him.

You know how your wedding day is supposed to be your big day? Well, it’s not. It’s your mom’s big day. It’s the big day of that cousin who is hoping to get into wedding planning and wanted to use you to build her portfolio. It is your grandmother’s big day—it was one of the […]

Don't let friends and family guilt you into a big to-do.