Your First Dance & YouTube

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Heather Long

Have you ever visited YouTube? It’s all the rage now from music videos for your favorite soap opera characters to personal video clips shared with the whole family and much, more. YouTube is also becoming the hot venue for couples looking to show off and get noticed with their first dance. Among some of the dances I’ve seen couples do on YouTube includes a bride, groom and their wedding party delivering a great rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Can You Imagine Creating a Spectacle? It’s hard for me to imagine dancing our first dance to something that’s designed to make … Continue reading →

Marriage Laws: New Hampshire & Maine

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Heather Long

With the wedding season fast approaching, I wanted to spend this month talking about the marriage laws throughout the country. With fifty states, it should hardly surprise you that marriage laws are not identical from state to state. Today, we’re going to take a look at the states of New Hampshire and Maine. New Hampshire When it comes to getting married, there are a few legalities to get out of the way prior to the ceremony in order to have your marriage recognized legally by the state. You should probably plan to do that about a month before the wedding. … Continue reading →

Ask a Marriage Blogger – Can We Sing Our Vows?

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Heather Long

Good morning, I have an odd question for you. I enjoy reading your blogs and I’ve been reading a great deal about wedding planning in your blog, but there is one question you hadn’t actually addressed. If you have the time, would you mind writing about whether or not a couple can sing their vows to each other rather than repeat the statements made by the minister? My fiancé and I have always had a passion for musicals. I guess this is cheesy, but the idea of having a musical wedding is something that makes us both laugh. In our … Continue reading →

A Kiss is Just a Kiss

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Heather Long

Have you ever thought of the power of a kiss? I know we talk a great deal about romance and we talk about communication and we talk about how important it is for a married couple to build and maintain a personal and intimate connection with each other. Of all the forms of intimacy out there, a kiss is remarkably the most innocent and intimate of these activities. A kiss is exchanged most often between our spouse and ourselves when we are saying hello, when we are saying goodbye and at times, with absolute candor, when we are demonstrating our … Continue reading →

Til Death Do Us Part … That’s Easy

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Heather Long

When you get married in a traditional ceremony, one of the vows they ask you to make is to love and cherish each other and keeping yourself only unto each other ’til death do you part. The ‘til death do you part’ portion of the vows is actually easy. Before you scoff, think about it – do you know a couple who are married who seem to have very little in common, very little to say to each other and do very little together – yet, they remain married and in that relationship because they committed to ‘til death do … Continue reading →

Planning a Disney Wedding? Want a Disney Wedding Dress?

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Heather Long

My husband and I were married at Disney World and I’ve discussed our destination wedding here in the marriage blog before. But beginning this spring, Disney is adding a new facet to their Disney wedding splendor that you can take advantage of whether you are planning a Disney wedding or a wedding at home. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes Disney Consumer Products recently announced the launch of what they call the Disney Fairy Tale Wedding Collection. This collection allows every little girl who dreamed of a fairy tale wedding the opportunity to wear bridal gowns inspired by … Continue reading →

The Best of the February Marriage Blog – Letters of Love

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Heather Long

Typically I write about my Best of Moments at the end of the month, but I was a little tied up at the end of February this month. But I wanted to take a few moments here, while we are still at the beginning of March to talk about what I think was our best of February Marriage Blogs. The Letters of Love series was very near and dear to my heart. When I initially conceived the idea, I thought I would get a small handful of letters to publish from one reader to someone in their life they loved. … Continue reading →

Wedding Traditions – France

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Heather Long

France, the name of the country is as provocative as the romance that is associated with it. When I was younger, I tickled myself silly when I realized the France and romance rhymed together and didn’t that seem appropriate? Whether you are of French descent or merely love all things French, there are many traditions that you can call upon. The Chest of Hopes Did you know that the hope chest came from France originally? The wedding trousseau refers to the bundle of clothes that the bride will take with her to her new home – and for modern brides, … Continue reading →

Wedding Traditions – Japan

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Heather Long

My daughter has a great fondness for all things Japanese and she thrills to the knowledge – any knowledge – about Japan. So as I started this new series on wedding traditions, I decided on Japan as our first around the world outing to study the wedding traditions. Most of my information comes from research both online and off. According to Japanese myth, the creation of all things occurred because of the marriage of the god and goddess Izanagi and Izanami. These two gods came down to the primordial earth from their place amongst the heavens across a rainbow bridge. … Continue reading →