weddings – Benoit-McCarthy Photo

31 Mar 2020

Your Special Day, Another Day

Around this time, you thought you would be hearing wedding bells. But instead, you keep hearing the word “unprecedented.” All plans feel ruined. And a part of you might feel guilty. Your wedding tears feel wrong when you know how overwhelmed hospitals are, how sick people are getting, how loved ones are separated. But your tears aren’t wrong. You have every right to be devastated. Your first thought might be: My wedding is cancelled. Because now you have to contact […]

29 Feb 2020

Enough to Love Us

When you think of bridesmaids, you might picture this: Four girls lined up on each side of the bride, making eight total. Personally, I picture them all wearing maroon dresses, the sleeves slightly off the shoulder. Everything is balanced, the girls’ dresses pop against the white gown, and you think, wow—so many beautiful, perfect friends. But for me, I feel like I barely know eight people. Big wedding parties are great for many reasons. For one, there are so many […]

29 Dec 2019

One Look at You

The Earth grinds to a halt when a groom sees his bride in her dress for the first time. His jaw drops, his eyes fill, and the room is full of gasping and honking nose-blowers. At least this is what happens in Hallmark movies, slumber party fantasies, and in pictures tucked away in yellowing scrapbooks. But in reality, rows and rows of watching eyes can stick to you and weigh down your every step, every word. It might be difficult […]

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10 Nov 2019

Through a Different Lens

I thought I would never get married. Someone I used to be with for a long time believed that marriage was just a label, something that people think they need in order to be happy. He said it enough that I started to believe him. And if we did get married, we said we wouldn’t hire a professional wedding photographer, or have much of a wedding at all. It would be quiet and simple, something that could fit in a […]

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Your Special Day, Another Day

Enough to Love Us

One Look at You

Through a Different Lens