Weddingbee Blog

Hi Everyone! It’s Miss Raccoon here. Sorry I’ve been away for so long! It’s that kind of time when you ask, “Anything else?” as a rhetorical question and some greater power says, “Oh most definitely. Challenge accepted.” We still consider ourselves to be doing pretty well because we were able to have a great Thanksgiving weekend with our families and our wedding is in two months!

It came up in conversation that we still hadn’t picked a song to use for our first dance. In the beginning, we took Miss Doily’s idea of setting up a playoff chart. We had a good time making cuts and practicing dancing to different songs. Frank Sinatra’s version of Cheek to Cheek was the victor and we were going to shamelessly borrow choreography from a YouTube video. It was going to be funny and fantastic and… so not us. It didn’t sit well with me.

Call me selfish, but I think the first dance should be more for us than entertainment for guests.

After waffling on songs, realizing that even a two minute selection would feel like every millisecond of Free Bird, and even considering skipping the first dance, I found one that I’m almost embarrassed to admit I can’t take off of repeat.

Get a load of these lyrics! The song is called Turning Page and it’s by a group called Sleeping At Last.

I’ve waited a hundred years but I’d wait a million more for you

Nothing prepared me for the privilege of being yours

If I had only felt the warmth within your touch

If I had only seen how you smile when you blush

Or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough

I would have known what I was living for

Your love is my turning page

Only the sweetest words remain

Every kiss is a cursive line

Every touch is a redefining phrase

I surrender who I’ve been for who you are

If I had only felt how it feels to be yours

I would have known what I’ve been living for all along

What I’ve been living for

If you’d like to hear it, here’s a place to click!

Was anyone else slow to find the right first dance song? How did you decide?