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This installment of my ‘Looking Back’ series* focuses on one of the details about my big day that I am very, very grateful for:I was able to work out a way for my dad to participate.
My father is a wonderful, amazing man. I am so incredibly fortunate to be loved by someone with such a big heart. As ridiculously sentimental as this sounds, two of the things I was most looking forward to the day of our wedding were 1) walking down the aisle with my dad and 2) dancing with him at the reception.
As many of you know, my father is handicapped; he walks with a walker and can handle a cane, but only for short bouts and definitely only if the ground is flat. The walk from the fort (where I was hiding out) to the top of the aisle was 105 yards over a field. There was no way my dad could walk all of that.
So we arranged for me to be escorted to the top of the aisle where my dad met me and we walked the rest of the way together.
Dad was so excited that he was ‘in place’ long before the guests even sat down. He also apparently was in his tux and ‘ready to go’ at 11:00am. PS - more on those Revolutionary War Reenacters later…
For our first dance, he requested “Butterfly Kisses”, which is not only the sappiest song on the planet, but is also the l-o-n-g-e-s-t, which wasn’t going to bode well for my poor dad and his diabetic feet. So I worked with the band to cut the song, but keep in the important parts. And during the dance, when my dad got tired, he just sat on his walker and we continued dancing.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the
Both my father and I would have been crushed if he hadn’t been able to participate in the wedding the way he had imagined he would since I was a little girl. Thankfully, with some forethought, we were able to work around his disability and have the magical evening we both deserved.
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*Previously in this series…
I’m so glad I did this:
renting a full length mirror
setting my DIY deadline for a week out from the wedding
I wish I could fix this:
being too proud to start a few minutes late
not testing all of the directions before sending them out
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There is not a dry eye in my office!! so wonderful. great pics.
Wow…it’s amazing how your mutual love and adoration for each other comes through so clearly in the pictures! I’m so glad you have such a wonderful relationship with your dad. It truly is a blessing!
What is it with everyone this week? I’m sniffling again.
Your dad seems like a total sweetie. Way to plan for the stuff that really matters!
Your father looks SO proud of you! How wonderful that he was able to participate the way you and he had always dreamt.
My favorite was when people first started to arrive they said “wait, which side is the bride’s side and which is the grooms?” With Mrs. Corn’s father so conveniently placed he said loudly in his thick New York accent, “sit anywhere, we’re all family now!”
Thank you so much for sharing that! My mom is extremely limited in mobility and she is worried about how she and my dad will escort me down the aisle per Jewish tradition.
I’m going to bookmark this post and share it with her.
I’m tearing up at your gorgeous pictures!
That’s so awesome. You guys look beautiful, and yeah, I would have bawled if I’d seen it, too.
And I can’t believe how cool you are, having revolutionary war reenactors at your wedding, omg. That’s, like, the greatest thing ever.
Thank you for writing about this. My father is also disabled and it really gave me hope that we will be able to include him more in our wedding.
akimbo and prettykatie, I am glad I could help 
All: thanks for the kind comments
Everyone is asking me why I’m crying at the office!!!!
this is one of the parts that I’m looking forward to the most. I can’t wait!!! I hope it turns out as beautiful as yours
I love that your dad took his position so early, that’s so sweet…bring on the tears.
Aw, this is so sweet! I love how he was clearly as excited about it all as you were
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Mrs. Corn, Newport, RI
Age and Occupation in '07: 31, HR for public accounting firm
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Consultant for public accounting firm
Engagement Date: October 7, 2006
Wedding Date: September, 2007
Blogging Since: June 1, 2007
Venue: North Lawn of Fort Adams State Park
About Me: I am a lazy scrapbooker who loves the instant gratification of making cards and I am very easily distracted by all things shiny. In honor of my childhood nights spent hibachi BBQing on the beach with my family, we are hosting a traditional New England Clambake for our reception.
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