Today Coach and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary. Is it possible that it has been 33 years?!? It seems like yesterday that we met at a local drinking establishment, sitting on a couple of bar stools, sharing some stories and a beer, and the rest, shall we say, is history. Weddings back then were smaller, more intimate ceremonies, without much of the production and style of weddings today. There were typically no “themes”- just a bride and a groom in a gown and tux, celebrating their love with family and friends. Yup, that’s me in the horse-drawn carriage on our way to Glen Magna Farms. My own version of Cinderella : )

Today’s weddings are oftentimes elaborate celebrations

where guests are treated to spectacular venues that are lavishly decorated with flowers

out-of-this-world lighting

“Country Pretty” styling

With table settings fit for a king

or queen…

Where guests are invited to join in the fun with photo booths

stylized food

and synchronized dance moves

Themes range from underwater dives

or above water vows with a view

African safaris (is this elephant the best mammoth?)

even a Cinderella Castle!

But through all the glitz and glamour, one theme remains constant.

Two people fell in love and chose to spend their lives together.

And what could be more spectacular than that?

Happy Anniversary Coach! 143me