emotional baggage that comes with such changes. Marriage is one of the few rights of passage

that I, myself have chosen to undertake. Once my fiance and I made the desciscion to get

married, the next step was to plan the wedding.

The first thing I had to do was to set a date. Choosing a date was not a simple task,

considering I had to keep in mind of family commitments, other events, the length that some

guests had to travel, and weather conditions. I knew that I wanted to be a summer bride, so I

decided the best time would be around labor day. It would be the end of the summer, and a new

Next, I went to the library and checked out all the books that I could find on weddings. I

read each one carefully and took notes. Also I asked family members and friends about their

planning a wedding, the only thing I can say is, "Thank God! I only have to go through this

beautiful. First, I decided how much I wanted to spend on the gown. Then, I had to chose the

Choosing a wedding gown would be the hardest task. I saw so many gowns the were so

choose from an ultra-formal, formal, semiformal, or informal. Determining how formal the

ceremonies held in the church that I grew up in. Choosing a ceremony site was not that hard,

are to be hand addressed in ink matching the printed ink on the invitation itself.

since I also decided that the reception also would be held at the church.

stories about other people and their weddings.

wedding is to be will is to be would help establish the overall wedding strategy. The level of

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, North Carolina, Stop Shop, stop shop, Thank God, held church, ceremony site, rights passage,
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