Support and Planning Tips for the MOG
Here is something I did not fully understand going into my son’s engagement. I assumed the mother of the groom rehearsal dinner was mine. Not in a demanding way, not in a controlling way, just in the way that water flows downhill. In the South, that is how it has always been done. The groom’s…
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Nobody warned me about this part. I knew things would be different after my son got married. But grieving your son’s marriage while being genuinely happy for him? Nobody prepares you for that. He was building a life with someone, and that was exactly what I raised him to do. I was proud of that….
Whether your son’s wedding is three months away or three weeks away, the mother son dance song is one of those decisions that sneaks up on you. You think you’ll just know the right one — and then you’re standing in your kitchen at 11pm scrolling through Spotify with no idea where to start. The…
This is the day you’ve been building toward for decades. You belong in it, completely, without apology. There’s a quiet thing that happens to a lot of mothers of the groom somewhere in the middle of the wedding day. You’re standing there watching your son, and you feel this wave of emotion rising up. And…