Wedding Hiccups

Weddings rarely (if ever) go exactly as planned no matter how extensive the planning may have been. You will put your stress into super drive trying to calculate all the possible incidents that could arise on your special day. Instead, merely make sure to plan adequately and be prepared for small things to not go as planned. At the end of your wedding day the most important part is that you are married to the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.

The World English Dictionary defines disaster as “an occurrence that causes great distress or destruction.” If you eliminate the distress, you prevent the disaster.  A mishap or hiccup in the plan does not have to be disastrous, just breathe and adapt. Go into your wedding day armed with this knowledge. Take things as they come and just enjoy it! It depends a lot on your reaction whether something becomes a disaster or just becomes a deviation from the original plan.

My own wedding had unexpected things transpire that I had to manage that ranged in importance.

It started with something small. I was going to be several minutes late for my limo to pick me up because of a last minute nail appointment. This matter was quickly resolved; the photographer (Jeramie) that was with me went on ahead to meet the driver.  The driver than had his own list of problems he introduced. He was rude to my photographer. He made negative comments at brides. His unprofessionalism grew through the wedding; the end result being him driving away from a beach we took photos at leaving Jeramie to drive me back to the venue.

Although these varying circumstances were less than ideal I handled each situation and moved on.  Despite it all though, the worst was yet to come. During the reception a digital frame was put up containing the photos of a few of my bridesmaids and myself getting ready for the wedding. While majority of us were enjoying the festivities and the presence of family and friends someone destroyed the camera and stole the SD memory chip with pictures! The pictures were priceless and can never be replaced. However, I was and am still so thankful for everything that went right! It wasn’t perfect, but at the same time it kind of was.