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overcoming adversity

Wedding planning isn’t all wine and roses. Sometimes you’re dealing with the loss of a loved one or a job, illness, or even a terminal diagnosis. This is our archive of posts about working with wedding planning hardships that go above and beyond the usual concerns.

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Melinda & Paul’s disability-friendly, southern, sports rivalry wedding

Paul wanted a traditional Catholic wedding, whereas Melinda wanted to let her true colors shine. So they met in the middle and had a Catholic ceremony, followed by a rockin’ reception at the hall next to Edgar Allen Poe’s grave. The best part of the day for Melinda was when she walked without her crutches for the first time in eighteen years!

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This nontraditional hospital wedding

Rebekah and Shayne’s decided to move up the wedding when Shayne was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. Since they did not have enough time for wedding rings, they decided on matching gray Converse with pink shoelaces instead!

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ElisaBethe & Chris’ casual wedding… and a baby!?

“I loved that when I went into labor and delivery and was asked if I was married. I got to reply, ‘Yes, for exactly two hours now.”

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Cat & Scott’s low-class high-rise wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Cat Rocketship, painter Her Offbeat Partner: Scott Kubie, media consultant, man-child Location & date of wedding: Tallest skyscraper in the state, Des Moines, IA — April 18, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: As an artist with a bunch of artist friends, we made everything that we could. The wedding posse made […]