Testimonies: I want the fairy – Part 4
It’s easy to get carried away in modern day society with ideas of underwater weddings and drive-thru chapels being the norm and extravagant old-fashioned weddings going out of style. But have no fear, there are still those women out there who have dreamed of a fairy-tale wedding ever since they were little girls in pig tails playing house with Ken and Barbie.
I know this because I am one of those little girls, all grown up with a Ken doll of my own, my husband Chasz. Although I am already married, having said our vows in a small town chapel in South Carolina, this wasn’t the wedding I had dreamed of, but it was the man I had always wished for. As a military wife, our time was limited so I knew that a wedding ceremony with all of the trimmings would be out of the question.
I remember the ideas the swarmed around my head as I was growing up. At first, I wanted to get married at Disney World in Cinderella’s Castle. I wanted my mom to dress up as Minnie and my dad as Mickey and I wanted them to walk me down the aisle towards my Prince Charming. That idea soon turned to a beach wedding, full of white calla lillies and complete with doves being released at the end. Me in a white sundress and my husband with a white dress shirt, slightly unbuttoned, and we would declare our love with our toes in the soft sand. However, regardless of the ideas I considered, I always went back to Ken and Barbie. Barbie’s long. flowing white gown with Ken in the traditional penguin suit. My dress would be so long that I would have to have my nieces and nephews carry the train behind me. The church would be small, and nestled in the old country woods somewhere. I would wear simple pearl earrings and a necklace to showcase my high-necked gown. My updo would be swept up in a french twist with a few corkscrew locks framing my face; a couple of sprigs of babysbreath would finish the classy twist.
The decorations would be full of lace and pink roses, a small group of violinists and celloists would be in the oorner playing soft, classical melodies. Of course, what wedding day would wouldn’t be complete without the horse-drawn carriage ride to the church and to the reception after?
A marriage is about committment, dedicating your lives to each other for all of eternity. Trusting in someone and believing in the power of your love. Your wedding should showcase those feelings for all of the world to see. Whether you invite 10 people or 300 people, the symbol of devoting your heart and soul to another is a story that should be told. An old-fashioned, classic wedding is the perfect ceremony for two lives coming together as one. Although the saying goes, “It’s about the marriage, not the wedding”, the wedding is a memory you can share for the rest of your lives. Why cheapen the thought by driving up to a chapel in Vegas and having some guy who makes $7.50 an hour tell you that your love is pure and that you should cherish this moment always? That’s certainly not what I thought of when I was that little girl in pigtails. I don’t think Barbie would approve.
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