When we started to plan the wedding, we naturally had a list of things to think about: date, location, time of day, photographer, invitations, etc. There are checklists abundant that charge an engaged couple with all the tasks “necessary” to put on a wedding and the timetable for achieving those tasks.
We ignored those.
Before we made any of the decisions or choices you will read about in later posts, we sat down together (in the Batmobile on a Sunday morning drive in the hills east of our home) and thought about how we want our wedding to BE. We wanted to have a short list of key words that would guide our decisions and inform others so they could help us achieve our vision. Here is what we came up with:
Before we made any of the decisions or choices you will read about in later posts, we sat down together (in the Batmobile on a Sunday morning drive in the hills east of our home) and thought about how we want our wedding to BE. We wanted to have a short list of key words that would guide our decisions and inform others so they could help us achieve our vision. Here is what we came up with:
Relaxed
Delightful
Achingly Gorgeous
Simple
Sacred
We want to be comfortable, have fun, look back on the beauty of the day, avoid complication, and keep in mind that this is not just a party we are throwing - that there is a sacred ritual at the heart of what we are doing.
Kristina questioned the “achingly” part with this comment, "You don’t want people to bend over with a stomach cramp, do you?" Of course not. We were going to say ‘beautiful’, but it was one of those gorgeous summer mornings, more than beautiful, when you ache for more – the sun still low, not yet washing out the blue of the sky, the wind whipping our hair, the undeniable thrill of being alive causing us to grin constantly – inspiring our choice of words.
Kristina questioned the “achingly” part with this comment, "You don’t want people to bend over with a stomach cramp, do you?" Of course not. We were going to say ‘beautiful’, but it was one of those gorgeous summer mornings, more than beautiful, when you ache for more – the sun still low, not yet washing out the blue of the sky, the wind whipping our hair, the undeniable thrill of being alive causing us to grin constantly – inspiring our choice of words.
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