Penny Olson

Do you remember what is was like to be a little girl and dream of your wedding day? How many of you pictured yourself in your mother's dress or wearing your grandmother's necklace from her wedding day?

Recently, I went to my home town to help my mother and my sister with the final planning for my sister's wedding. Every member of my family is a "Do-It-Yourselfer", so we had an unbelievable amount of flower arrangements, pew decorations, garlands, candles, silver, you name it, to set it up. We were working with a total of four hours to decorate the church, a huge reception hall, a large lobby and two gazebos.

Recently, my sister got married. The day was absolutely incredible! Many memories were made by all. Being the sister, and the Maid of Honor, I was able to see the many bumps in the road, that went along with creating the day she had always dreamed of.

Not long ago, I went to my hometown to help my mother and my sister with the final planning for my sister's wedding. About five days before the wedding, we were running errands and my sister turned to me and said that she has resigned to the fact that she probably will be too preoccupied to enjoy her wedding day. I was absolutely blown away by this. She was going to marry the man that she loves with all of her heart and for the day that would begin the rest of her life, she had settled for endurance rather than joy.

I think that the best place to start when making plans for your wedding is turn to your dreams.