Dedicated to my brother and his wife, who are no longer with us now.

There is a long moment in time as a you, the groom, waits at the alter. This moment seems to be suspended in time. It floats there before him, making him dizzy with anticipation. He is so much in love and on this day, the day they will promise to be together forever, he has only caught glimpses of her. Then suddenly, the moment is broken as she appears at the back of the chapel, holding her proud and beaming father’s arm. She begins to glide over the flower petals toward him and he catches his breathe, he has to because the angelic way she appears in her wedding dress has taken his breathe away.

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Every bridesmaid’s nightmare is the ugly bridal party dress. It’s almost as if the bride purposefully wants to place her favorite girls in ugly dresses. Thankfully, brides have started making their bridesmaid dresses slightly more modern and prettier. The case still remains of how best to help the bridesmaid save money on the dress and feel good in her body to want to reuse the dress and get the best deal. Here are some easy ways to make the dresses reusable and still make the bride stand out in a crowd.

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One of the most annoying things when sitting down at a reception is the enormous size of the centerpiece. They tower and you end up playing peek-a-boo with the person sitting across from you. Sometimes the centerpiece is so huge you can’t even see the person on the opposite side of the table. Guests start cracking jokes about how they can’t see and they can’t enjoy the company. Here are five great ideas for unique centerpieces that stay low to the table and allow people to actually see one another.

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Sometime in the near future, you might be invited to a bridal or wedding shower. The difference between the two occasions is one is strictly for the girls while the other is usually organized for the bride, groom and their couple friends.

If you are the bridesmaid, tradition has it that you ought to be in charge of organizing the bridal shower. Depending on how the bride feels about this gathering, you could either have it in the bride’s home, your place or out in a pub or restaurant. The celebration will also depend on how stressed the bride has become from organizing her wedding. If she is up to her eyeballs with the planning and is fretting over the big day, it would be a good idea to go out to her favorite restaurant and enjoy a good meal together with some wine and music.

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Marriage is a sacred institution that too many people take for granted. It is a serious and in theory, a permanent taking of a life partner that you love at the time of the wedding and promise to love for the rest of your lives. Many people hold these vows so sacred that they would rather die than break them. Some will take abuse from their partners and many times fall into a submissive role just to keep the peace and the marriage together. While physical and mental abuse is not as rampant as the television and news would have you believe, any tolerance of it is unthinkable.

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Remember your college days? The good times which you shared with your friends during those long lost yester-years still replay frequently through your head. Remember all of your friends? How they aspired more then anything to have the picture perfect family and a career to die for after graduation. Those were the days weren’t they?

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Ask any girl and she will most likely tell you that she would love to get married in spring. There is certainly some magic and romance about the way in which nature comes to life with a showcase of lovely flowers at this time of year. The delightful spray of color put forth by the beautiful spring blooms does help one to forget about the winter blues and look forward to a new beginning in all our lives.

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If the flowers are blooming and the gardens are filling with bright green leaves and grass, then surely it must be spring time. This is the time of year in which baby animals come out of hibernation to play, and also the time of year where you can attend parades with floats that are decked out in brilliant colored flowers. This is the time of year where ice is beginning to melt from lakes and streams, and more and more children leave their bedrooms to go outside to play.

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Flower girls and ring bearers create the ultimate “awe” factor. Nothing is cuter than watching two elementary school aged and younger children walking down the aisle hand in hand. They seem so happy to help out the grown ups and really want to be involved. Sometimes, everyone watching them overwhelms and they cry while walking down the aisle or have absolutely no desire to go down the aisle to begin with. Here are five tips to pump the kids up and make sure they walk down the aisle smiling.

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There is nothing like a wedding to bring family and friends together. When a couple first announces their plans to tie the knot, clearly there will be lots of excitement in the air. Parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles and especially the grandparents see this as a memorable occasion that is to be cherished right through everyone’s lives, more so the couple.

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