Many brides and grooms start to panic or stress about two weeks before the wedding. It is getting down to crunch time and they may realize that there is a lot to do, or at best, that in less than 15 days they will be married, forever and ever.
Many couples want to do it all themselves and have it all. They get caught up in the moment of the reception, the party and the planning. I hate to say it, but sometimes the true meaning of the day gets lost in the hustle and bustle. Advertising and peer pressure adds to the hype and the ceremony often lasts only a few mere minutes in favor of "getting to the party."
This is where I am supposed to say, don't take yourself so serious, calm down, don't stress, everything will be alright. However, I am going to break with tradition and tell brides and grooms to take their wedding and their planning very seriously in so far with the ceremony.
Take the time to meet with your officiant. Discover some new things about each other, take your vows very serious and give the occasion the solemness that this deserves. You are getting married. This is a once-in-a-lifetime act that will bind your hearts together forever. Our government and congress takes marriage so serious that we write laws about the union. Songs are song about couples uniting and church altars are filled with couples every year pledging their love for each other.
The entire wedding is important, please don't misunderstand me, but your marriage vows---now those are the prose of poets. I attended one wedding where the groom was so in love with his soon to be wife, that he composed a song for her of his vows. When he finished, there wasn't a dry eye in the building. That, is love!
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