I was not prepared for the silence in my own head when it came time to plan the rehearsal dinner. That’s how the Mother of the Groom Rehearsal Dinner Planner eventually came to be. I had my trusty MOG checklist, sure. But when I sat down to actually plan the thing? I needed more than…
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Feeling Left Out of Wedding Planning? Here’s What Actually Helps
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…

