I thought I was the only one lying awake at night wondering if I needed MOG welcome baskets. Turns out, it’s a question every MOG asks herself at some point. If you’re in the thick of wedding planning and the topic of welcome baskets has come up, you’re not alone. It’s a detail that can…
How to Support Your Son During Wedding Planning
How to support your son…you love your son. But somewhere in the middle of all the wedding planning, you realized something uncomfortable. You were making it about you. Not on purpose. But still. Most of us do it. We get our feelings hurt when we’re not included. We give opinions nobody asked for. We say…
Mother of the Groom Checklist: Have This Money Talk First
Welcome to One Thing Wednesday — a series where I pull one item straight out of the Mother of the Groom Complete Planning Checklist and break down why it actually matters. No fluff. Just the stuff you need to know before you need to know it. Every single week I’m going to take one Mother…
Mother of the Groom Rehearsal Dinner: What I Wish I Knew
If you are the mother of the groom planning a rehearsal dinner, let me save you some trouble right now. I did it myself. I cooked a full taco bar for a crowd (I had help), stayed on budget, and lived to tell about it. But I would do a few things very differently next…
Mother of the Groom Rehearsal Dinner Planner
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…




