Dear Bride-to-Be:
I always find my customers and audiences
curious about the origin of wedding rituals: tossing the garter; exchanging
rings; the “something old, something new” rhyme; the bride’s bouquet. These are
rituals and traditions so familiar, even comforting, that we’ve accepted them into
our modern celebrations—yet a mystery remains. Their origins are hazy; different
societies added different meanings and their practice usually took a meandering
path through the centuries, making some hard to trace. Wedding traditions, as author
Carol McD. Wallace shares, have “complicated roots.” That’s why I consider all wedding
rituals a kind of fairy tale: folklore from our heritage revealing itself a bit
mysteriously.
So as a
bride, whatever rituals you choose for your wedding, choose from the wise part
of your mind and the generous part of your heart … then you will surely create
a wedding celebration full of love and beauty! As Helen Keller reminded us: The best and most beautiful things in this world
cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Love. Listen. Let go.
….with love from Cornelia
[Excerpted
from my new book, The End of the Fairy-Tale Bride {Volume One} For Better or Worse, How
Princess Diana Rescued the Great White Wedding.]
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