decorations had to be done over on Sauturday AM. While they were working on that the bakery called, and the topper and decorations for the cake were sent to another location, and they did not have anything like it. Once a second choice was decided upon the cake was completed, but in delivery to the reception hall the top layer that sat on pillars fell off in transport. This then had to be remade. Now mind you, this was one hour before the ceremoney was to begin. That got done, and cake was put together with second choice of topper. The cake was elegant looking, so it was a good second choice. Then - the photographers, ushers and groom went to the santuary to get ready, and they were asked if there were not supposed to be flowers and decorations done. The bride and her assistannts went that afternoon to do all of that and they told us the sanctuary was beautiful. Well - someone had gone into the sanctuary and stolen all of the flowers, and decoractions. The priest was so upset. There seems to have been something else at the church and someone went into the sanctuary and took everything. They even went to the trash bins to see if they were thrown in there, but they were not to be found. Now, how do you tell a bride that all of that was gone? But, we survived all of that, had a beautiful service, even without the flowers. The kids are just out all of the money that it cost. But I guess this will be something to remember. We are all so tired, that I need some additional time to rest. LOL Now - back to some sewing for some of the quilt projects.

WOW and I thought every thing went wrong for me I am ashamed to have gotton so up set after reasing this. The night before the wedding I fell and sprained my ankle and could not wear my shoes. my cake was delivered the wrong color I had baby blue and when my cake was delivered It was turquoise and and was leaning to one side no time to change it . I had bought all clear cups and plater and forks white napkins with silver bells. when I got to the resceptiom my mother in law had sat every thing up and they were purple and pink paper every thing.the girls she hired to serve opened up every thing I bought so I could not take it back. when the cake was cut every time I got a peice of cake some would call me to do something and the girls would grab my plate up and throw it a way I never got to eat a bite of my wedding cake untill a year later and we got to eat the little top layer. on our ann.

My therapist at Wound Care in the Peidmont- Fayetteville Hospital Left Atlanta driving to Indiana on July 8th after she got off from work.She and the groom to be were heading to his parents where they were to be married on the 10th. She is from Brazil and her parents had flown into New York that day and they were renting a car and also heading to Indiana for their daughter's wedding. On the 10th Vanessa and Deron were getting dressed for the wedding and the 1st call they got was from here in Atlanta and their cat had passed away. After all got settled down, they realized that the minister had not arrived. They called and for some reason he could not get there. They had less than an hour to find a minister and get him to Deron's parents house. Good Luck! The parents had a friend and neighbor that was a minister and he got dressed and came over and married them. As they were getting ready to leave to go on their honeymoon, one of Deron's sisters went out to move her car out of the way so the Bride and groom could make their get-away and she back her car into the side door of Vanessa's car and they were there for a long time while one of Deron's brother-in-laws went out and worked on the door so it would open and close. Dhe was happy as could be when I had my appt. with her yesterday B-U-T when they got back to the house that they bought something had happened to one of the lines on the A/C while they were gone and her whole floor and some of the foundation is being replaced as I write this. The central A/C unit had only been installed for a couple of weeks and the man that installed it had left a line loose on it and it was running water into the house and not just a drip. They had been gone over two weeks with water running into the room on the inside wall from where it was installed on the outside. They refused to take care of the mess because the house had been locked up with A/C running and no one there. She was a bit aggitated but nothing compared to what I would have been. Her friend that had given her the cat several yrs ago was the one that kept her cat and Deron's cat for them and she had totally lost it when the cat died. The Cat had surgery a few days before they left but was doing just fine but the surgery was for cancer so it was about a 50/50 chance for him. Other than being a little wired her 1st day back at work, she seemed very happy and only mildly upset for all that had happened . She had already gone to a no kill shelter and got another very young cat. Weddings do not go like they do on T.V. or in the movies but she was very pleased that Deron took everything in stride and did not get upset! Again, love won over the confussion!

Well if this doesn't make their marriage strong, then nothing will....Mariiage isn't about all the material things but the two of them....You are right in 10, 20 30 or more years and they look back, there will be laughter and joy at how things happened and how they still survived....Congrats to your family, may they have a wonderful life together......deanna

Let's hope that means all the bad is behind them now and they will have a wonderful long life together! My son is getting married on 10/10/10 and Sunday his fiance showed me a pic of her in the gown she picked out for the wedding. She is going to be a beautiful bride! they are going to Japan for their honeymoon (went 2 years ago for 2 weeks and loved it) so I got a vintage handkerchief and an alpha design from Yoriko that has Japanese fans and bamboo on it for her to carry during the wedding.

So glad that the wedding happened, but sorry for all of the mishaps. The couple is strong to manage those trials without 'losing it'.
I'm hoping you can rest and relax after such a busy weekend.
It would be nice if we could all look on such events with some humor and good will in spite of the circumstances.
Thanks for leading me to this Nancy; I had missed it, but appreciate reading it. I'm praying that our children could face such mishaps with grace and peace.

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Bless your hearts. I know from experience that when delivering a wedding cake you hold your breath the whole time, and blame you hubby for hitting every pothole in the road. If the kids got through all of these mishaps without to much trouble they should have a good marriage. Life is going to throw them some curves as we all know and it sounds like they got through the first one. I wish them many years of happiness and Gods blessings. Get some rest, you deserve it. God bless, Judy *4U

Oh that was a bummer having her flowers stolen. glad everything turned out all right. they are married, the wedding went through & that is something to be proud of this day in time. *

My goodness, you hear of things happening on wedding days, but ALL of this...unbelievable.
Well it's all over now, I am sure they are very happy...

It is unbelievable that people would have the guts to steal flowers for a wedding. I guess this is always something that the newlyweds will talk about in the future. I am glad that the ceremony the most important part was beautiful

TTT. I have another cutie friend I want to see this. We both have children getting married soon. You are grace under fire!

Beth, It will sure be something to remember. Glad you all survived and had a wonderful day. Hugs Yvonne

Later on in life they can laugh about it.

Holy moley.... a flower for you. So stressful. But in the end they had each other...all that matters.

Years from now it will be something to laugh about, I think God plans it this way. How did you end up communicating with the brides mother?

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by psssst 27 Jul 2010

Oh silly me I mixed you up with jacquipaul she has a wedding this year also and the mother of the bride speaks german hahaha sorry for the mix up!

Wow--I'd have been going nuts if that was my wedding. What kind of people steal wedding flowers? What is this world coming to?

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by dgarner 26 Jul 2010

The same kind of people that steal flowers from gravesites!
But, as my Granny used to say, "If they can live with it, I can live without it." Just take Granny's advice--
Blessings,
Diane

by nhsmith55 27 Jul 2010

Very wise Granny!

Wow! that's a lot of mishaps.....I'm sure after some time passes all of this will be laughable....what stories they will have to tell....I hope they have a long happy blessed marriage.

O MY GOSH...I have an upcoming wedding in August and my BIGGEST fear (til I read your post) was that it would rain!!

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by dlonnahawkins 26 Jul 2010

Thanks - and it did that earlier in the day. Tropical Storm Bonnie was predicted, but blew right on by. Thank goodness.

Wow. No wedding ever goes without some little mishap, but this is a lot of major things. I can't believe someone took the flowers and decorations. Glad everything worked out. Get some rest.

Wow, Beth, that was alot of catastropies in a just a short morning! Well, they are just as married as they would have been with all of the flowers, etc in place and I'm sure that God is looking on with great love.

I am sure all of us can come up with one more story to add. I t might be interesting to give the bride and groom to let them know others had trouble. I remember a large wedding in my home town that went off successfully only to find out the wedding presents were all stolen from the bride's home during the ceremony. After that happened most brides used house sitters in the future. You had one interesting story, Beth

These things usually happen for a reason and what comes to my mind right away is that they were being shown that they will come through ok through anything that may happen in the future! To look at what happened and realize they are actually only small things and not really important - the important thing being their love for each other.
It is a stressful thing to happen on such an important day, but it seems everything came together just fine in the end.

Beth my dear, you have had a weekend that is for sure - I know your daughter had to be so stressed out and the bride & groom as well. Surely those kids are blessed to have so much go on and still have a wonderful wedding and cake - in spite of everything. It is always that way - so much preparation for something that last just a few hours - but the memories and the love will shine through it all. Go get some rest - work on your quilt squares when you are rested - you don't have to have them finished and turned in for another month - Hehehe! I am so happy for your grandson and his bride.

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Oh my gosh for all this to happen in one day and on a day that is suppose to be so happy. I'm sure God is watching over them and knows that they are in love & that is all that really matters. I hope everything else went OK & that the bride & groom are happy. Have fun sewing. Arlene

Oh my, That will be one memorable wedding day. But I agree with Susieq, how shameful to steal from God's House! People think no one is watching, and they forget the most important person is watching. May God bless their union in spite of all the mishaps. And I hope you quilt until your hearts content. hehehe... Nothing like finding a project that makes you relax after stressful times. BTW, pix please...

Oh my. What an eventful day. I suppose you could say that the only thing to matter was that everyone was there to celebrate the ceremony in front of the Almighty, but on a materialistic side-what a shame. How could anyone steal in the Lords' house? I am sure that God will bestow a special blessing on the couple for the love and trust they placed in him.