Endings and beginnings…These two words dictate you’re wedding and your life.
Meeting brides near the end of their wedding planning cycle, Brides will frequently vent about relationships that become strained because the bride is moving into a new phase of her life that in many ways does not fit in the same way it did before. All of a sudden, relationships that were not deep before suddenly take on new meaning and spark new unions. Some longtime relationships fall apart. Sometimes I feel like a counselor. I remember my own wedding. Many of my bridesmaids/closest friends I am only linked by facebook now. Yet other relationships that begun with my husband are a part of my daily life. You should not be afraid of moving on to the next stage of your life in a new way.
My very wise friend once told me as I stressed over a chaotic relationship I had with a decade long friend that needed to change. She said, “It is okay to let go, you don’t have to be friends in the same way you were before.” She was right.
Now, I face a huge change in my career that is unsettling because of the big change. The same friend said, “Move on to bigger and better opportunities and don’t look back.” So simple, yet so true.
Your wedding, your relationships…your life, it is full of endings and new beginnings. Look forward to them. Enjoy the ride.
-R
About Renee
