Say "I Do" to Less Stress
Wedding Goddess Wisdom
When you become engaged and begin your journey to the altar, it is important to figure out from the start the kind of wedding you truly want and where you want it to be.
For some brides and grooms, a big lavish affair is their hearts desire. For others, small and intimate will do the trick. For some, bliss means getting married barefoot on the beach. For others it’s a theme wedding that takes them back to the 1950’s or into the future. And then there are those who choose a destination wedding. About 140,000 of those couples get hitched in Las Vegas each year.
Here, you can have ALL of the above arranged … and then some.
While Las Vegas is famous for high profile elopements, as well as quick and easy ceremonies for less famous brides and grooms, many couples actually put time and energy into planning a traditional – or not so traditional – wedding. They hire vendors, have to deal with arrangements and get involved with making it fun for friends and family. Some have sit down dinners; others arrange unique combinations of sacred vows and a wild night of gambling.
Anything goes! But even in this stress less town, it is to be expected that some couples might find themselves feeling a little concerned – about their families, certain formalities (or lack of them) and the fact that they have opted for a wedding experience that may not quite be what Mom and Dad had in mind.
I like to encourage couples to practice self love and self preservation as they plan their weddings – no matter where they are – and I also like to help them practice saying “I Do.”
In the wedding ceremony we call the “I Do's” the Question of Intent or Expression of Intent. I would like all of you seeking a wedding that is fun and easy to utter the words “I Do” after each of these pre-wedding intent questions:
Do you promise to stress less, and enjoy more?
Do you promise to be true to yourself, and treasure your sanity over your desire to please others?
Do you promise to NOT buy into wedding drama, and keep as calm as you can even when others are in a tizzy all around you?
Do you agree to focus more on the love that brings you to your wedding day than the little annoyances along the way?
Do you agree to love yourself so that you can receive love more fully from the one you will marry?
Congratulations! I now pronounce you wed to the idea that your wedding can be fun and fabulous, a joy to plan!
Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway is an interfaith and non-denominational wedding officiant. She creates unique ceremonies for couples of all backgrounds and faiths, and is also widely recognized as a bridal stress expert. She is author of WEDDING GODDESS: A Divine Guide To Transforming Wedding Stress into Wedding Bliss (Perigee Books, May 2005). Visit Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway at WeddingGoddess.com.
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