Update:
ENGLAND WEDDING
Sat 14th July 2012
Plymouth
ARGENTINA WEDDING
Sat 21st July 2012
Buenos Aires.
You are all welcome to join either or both.
We are very much looking forward to celebrating with you!
xx
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wedding Thoughts
This is not one of my usual 'What Have I been doing' posts...
In exactly 4 months today I will be celebrating our first wedding. This is something that fills me with joy but does have its down sides...the wedding planning. Planning our two weddings has been pretty stress free until a couple of weeks ago when our reception venue cancelled, and then our second choice also cancelled. I wish it could be easy, I want it to be easy.
A friend of mine had been to three different weddings in recent weeks so I asked her 'What did you like most about each one?' (secretly thinking, hmmm, time to steal ideas), she told me how one of the weddings was beautiful because the couple were so in love and were obviously crazy about each other however, in comparison, the bride in one of the other weddings showed her nerviousness and stress at the details of the wedding so much that it made the day a little uncomfortable.
This made me think...
weddings have become about money. weddings have become so much about what they look like, nice hotel, country house, cars, flowers. Everyone wants something different but yet different becomes the same...photo booths, balloons, jumping photos, fingerprint guest books etc...yet for the first couples to use these ideas they were super creative and unusual. What can I do at my wedding so it isn't just another wedding? hang on, why do I care if it is just like any other wedding...it is not really about how much other people enjoy the day, if they like the food, if they think my dress is lovely etc because ultimately will they not notice more about the couple, about us...not the decorations?
I am not going to lie, I know that I am not going to give up looking for a dress, or not organise a cute guestbook, or not make the church look cutsie or cut my guest list to ten but I am going to try to lay aside the desire to be different, the desire to please everyone, the desire to spend more than we have...I want all the people that I love to be there, I want them to eat, drink and be happy. I want to enjoy the day...or two.
Moan over.
In exactly 4 months today I will be celebrating our first wedding. This is something that fills me with joy but does have its down sides...the wedding planning. Planning our two weddings has been pretty stress free until a couple of weeks ago when our reception venue cancelled, and then our second choice also cancelled. I wish it could be easy, I want it to be easy.
A friend of mine had been to three different weddings in recent weeks so I asked her 'What did you like most about each one?' (secretly thinking, hmmm, time to steal ideas), she told me how one of the weddings was beautiful because the couple were so in love and were obviously crazy about each other however, in comparison, the bride in one of the other weddings showed her nerviousness and stress at the details of the wedding so much that it made the day a little uncomfortable.
This made me think...
weddings have become about money. weddings have become so much about what they look like, nice hotel, country house, cars, flowers. Everyone wants something different but yet different becomes the same...photo booths, balloons, jumping photos, fingerprint guest books etc...yet for the first couples to use these ideas they were super creative and unusual. What can I do at my wedding so it isn't just another wedding? hang on, why do I care if it is just like any other wedding...it is not really about how much other people enjoy the day, if they like the food, if they think my dress is lovely etc because ultimately will they not notice more about the couple, about us...not the decorations?
I am not going to lie, I know that I am not going to give up looking for a dress, or not organise a cute guestbook, or not make the church look cutsie or cut my guest list to ten but I am going to try to lay aside the desire to be different, the desire to please everyone, the desire to spend more than we have...I want all the people that I love to be there, I want them to eat, drink and be happy. I want to enjoy the day...or two.
Moan over.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Christmas and New Year
As always, I wish that I blogged more. It is always seems difficult to update you all when I leave so much time between posts.
The big things...
Christmas here is always so different, this was my third Christmas and every one was different however with the lack of decorations, freezing weather, mulled wine, minced pies, carols by candlelight and family...it never feels like ´Christmas´here. What I really mean is it doesn´t feel like Christmas, as I have always known it, because Christmas here this year was spent with a family that I barely know but as they welcomed me into their family celebrations, we shared a meal, I listened to the Christmas story...it felt like Christmas... a time spent with family and friends, sharing food and laughter and remembering the real meaning of Christmas, Jesus.
I missed famly and friends but I always do.
New Year, 2012, maybe the most significant of my life so far. I am getting married...three times. All my life I wondered who I would marry, where, when...Clau, Argentina, England, July 2012...when I really think about it, it is huge and yet it feels so normal. Claudio is my best friend, he makes me laugh, he makes me mad, I can tell him anything, I love just watching him... playing the bass, designing or drawing, speaking English, talking about Chile and I just love spending time with him.
2012...I am blessed to be able to start our lives together, I don´t think it is going to be easy, I ask for your prayers and I thank God for your support so far.
Sentimental crap over...I am spendng my holidays bored. Not doing much. I have a toe infection. Enjoying the sun. Nada mas.
Laters, Happy New Year to you all!!
xxx
The big things...
Christmas here is always so different, this was my third Christmas and every one was different however with the lack of decorations, freezing weather, mulled wine, minced pies, carols by candlelight and family...it never feels like ´Christmas´here. What I really mean is it doesn´t feel like Christmas, as I have always known it, because Christmas here this year was spent with a family that I barely know but as they welcomed me into their family celebrations, we shared a meal, I listened to the Christmas story...it felt like Christmas... a time spent with family and friends, sharing food and laughter and remembering the real meaning of Christmas, Jesus.
I missed famly and friends but I always do.
New Year, 2012, maybe the most significant of my life so far. I am getting married...three times. All my life I wondered who I would marry, where, when...Clau, Argentina, England, July 2012...when I really think about it, it is huge and yet it feels so normal. Claudio is my best friend, he makes me laugh, he makes me mad, I can tell him anything, I love just watching him... playing the bass, designing or drawing, speaking English, talking about Chile and I just love spending time with him.
2012...I am blessed to be able to start our lives together, I don´t think it is going to be easy, I ask for your prayers and I thank God for your support so far.
Sentimental crap over...I am spendng my holidays bored. Not doing much. I have a toe infection. Enjoying the sun. Nada mas.
Laters, Happy New Year to you all!!
xxx
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