meet my wife.
hello brides,
i am mister small and i am not a wedding coordinator. but my wife is. and quite a very detailed one at that. now of course, this may seem biased knowing full well that the outcome of what i write here determines whether i'll be sleeping on the bed or on the floor.
regardless of that, the task of writing this introduction falls upon me because my wife could not find the words to properly describe herself. so i am doing it for her.
she is missus biG, but i call her polly. if you already know her, you’ll immediately agree that she is one of the most obsessive compulsive people you’ll ever come across. when she planned every minute detail of our own wedding, i was given a gazillion options for the tiniest of things, including the way the table napkins were to be folded and what the waiters would be wearing.
but despite being a stickler for order and procedure, our wedding was anything but calculated. it was personal. we did everything differently, from our choice of wedding readings to an unconventional first dance. as she has told me many times in the past, our wedding was an incredibly personal journey. it should be one for you too.
if you do decide to get her as your wedding coordinator, know that she is more than just someone who will make you choose color schemes or choir music. she is more than someone who will email you all sorts of unusual wedding readings. she is more than just someone who will fix your wedding dress right before they open the church doors and your groom sees you for the first time.
she is missus biG, the person who will stand by you in your last few moments as a single girl. i married her because i knew, i wouldn’t want anyone else there for me in the end.
we probably met with 6 coordinators before we finally decided to turn our wedding day over to the very capable hands of amy. when you meet reputable coordinators, they offer more or less the same service options, all mostly within the same price ranges. so it really just boils down to a very personal feel for the person. when you meet the right one, very simply, a match is a match.
amy felt like an old friend. and she turned into a new one. when i told her a few months after my wedding that i was thinking of becoming a planner myself, she immediately offered to mentor me. this was waaaaay more than i was hoping for, considering she was going to help develop someone who might potentially become a competitor.
she wasn't worried about that at all. instead, she remembered when she herself was starting out with no one to guide her, and decided she would save me from that. what i did to deserve this generous offer, i have no idea. all i know is, i wouldn't be brave enough to do what i'm doing now without amy's help and encouragement.
and so, with this blog entry, i acknowledge and thank you ames for being my friend and mentor. i wish there was some way i could repay you, but for now, i can only hope that this is somehow enough.
we probably met with 6 coordinators before we finally decided to turn our wedding day over to the very capable hands of amy. when you meet reputable coordinators, they offer more or less the same service options, all mostly within the same price ranges. so it really just boils down to a very personal feel for the person. when you meet the right one, very simply, a match is a match.
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