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Letter From the Publisher
Dear Readers, W hat is the by-product of a wedding? A couple joined together presumably for life, who then in turn create – a family. That image, of families coming together via two people’s commitment and then the family created from there, is the true and lasting result of that beautiful day you planned and hoped for your whole life, up until that point. But, for those of us celebrating anniversaries down the road, that day, is just the beginning.
Married life can be not what you might imagine when you walk down the aisle and all is right with the world in that perfect moment. Marriage is real life and as they say, not a fairy tale. Although, I would disagree to a point, in that, marriage, or your love story, is in fact your fairy tale and whatever that may look like to you. So, just like a princess in a fairy tale, your hero has rescued you from being alone and taken you to be with them and to share all that comes your way – together. No matter what kind of bride and groom, groom and groom, bride and bride, couple you may be – we all are starting down that aisle with the same result in mind – to bind ourselves together with another person for life.
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Celebrating marriage and the beauty that is a wedding and even more so the beauty that is a couple, makes me smile every time we do an issue of Distinctively Southern Wedding. It brings back all the hopes and dreams of one special day and revisits all those wishes come true and hearts’ desires fulfilled. For me, to marry my love and have a family, which I have been blessed to do; to see my family and friends who stood with us on our wedding day, stand with us as we christen our son, and take vows once again to love us and hold us up in life and in love; and to watch as the continuation of life moves forward and I can already imagine the day we will stand up with our children as they marry their loves, is what life, love and marriage is all about.
There is so much of our life tied into that one special day, it’s no wonder so much attention is paid. As always, we have strived to put together another volume of more beauty, more ideas, more trends and lessons in love, for you, planning a wedding or being a part of one. We hope you enjoy. We wish you and yours a beautiful day and a wonderful fairytale life.
// Shelly Robertson Birdsong
Publisher shelly@robertsonmediagroup.com
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