Comments on: Wedding Graduate: Dreamlyn And The Arizona Elopement

By: Sarahkay

Sarahkay — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:52:20 +0000

What a beautiful wedding and a gorgeous couple! And the picture of the mother of the bride! The expression on her face just melts me.

I catered a wedding once where the couple used an adorable cake topper that had been in their family for eighty years and had been passed down. It made me all misty eyed and I wanted a future heirloom of my own.

Then I realized, no matter how hard I look, I know I’ll never find little ceramic people that look like us- My partner is of mixed heritage and I’m white. It’s not that big a deal that I can’t find my dream cake topper, but it’s times like this that I notice how little what’s available represents the richness and diversity of the world.

By: Dream

Dream — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:27:02 +0000

Oh crud, I haven’t checked our post in forever! We got married at the Creekside Inn.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:22:36 +0000

This wedding story is the first one to make me actually cry.

Thank you so very much for sharing it. Thank you. Thank you.

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:40:49 +0000

Thank you for sharing your wonderful wedding. I to am so disappointed that people of color of marginally represented in the blogesphere. I’m constantly struggling with how to balance my “image” of what the day should be with the reality of what we can do with our finances. Reading the graduate blogs are really helping me to keep things in the proper perspective. Its about the marriage and celebrating with those you love. Not to impress other people. Thanks for the reminder.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:03:00 +0000

Hi Dreamlyn, what an inspiration! We are also planning an elpoement in sedona and I was wondering if you would be willing to share where your ceremony was? I completely understand if not. We are headed up there for a day trip this weekend to get some things set in motion and are hoping to get a ceremony site SET. You're post truely made me feel great about the way we have chosen to get married.

By: maura

maura — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:15:35 +0000

i'm reading wedding blogs at the reference desk and getting all teary.
this is exactly what i needed to hear. today. tomorrow. and i will read it a month, and in the week before my wedding.
thank you.

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:43:19 +0000

@Samantha- I purchased the boustier (sp??) from David's Bridal. I'd check a department store, I think they're a little cheaper. And I was raised with an old, Southern Granny so I wasn't ashamed to rock Spanks, the modern day girdle. The ones that look like biking shorts. – Dream

By: eclpse

eclpse — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:34:20 +0000

Hear hear to interracial marriages. Interracial, interfaith, international, we're doing it all, and it's nice to see other representations of you as a couple — both in the blogosphere and in the world as a whole. (Whoever made the comment about interracial couples in commercials? I'm right there with you.)

Lovely photographs, glad you shared.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:38:06 +0000

I LOVED this post. Also in an interracial relationship & planning a small intimate wedding. It's nice to see someone like us on a wedding blog :)

By: williatr

williatr — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:27:50 +0000

Dreamlyn,

Thank you for sharing your story (which is too similar to my circumstances to be funny). You have let me off the hook from making everyone happy, and I can move forward marking what is important to ME, and making the day I get married as real, true, and intimate as possible- not a huge presentation. Parties are fine, but the commitment to get married, that is ours. Thank you, Meg, for posting this. Beautiful!