I recently officiated a wedding where the bride arrived very late and was not ready. She was upset and crying that she didn't want to be late on her wedding day.I know the feeling well.
I remember my own wedding only a few short years ago. I was late for mine too. Oh, I was there at the venue but we were on a pretty tight budget and had to do all the decorating ourselves. And, being a (minor) control freak I had to be in the middle of everything. I didn't leave myself enough time to get dressed and be on time for my ceremony.
Looking back and observing the bride at this recent wedding I realized that one of the keys to being ready on time is to be sure you do not have a million things to do on your wedding day!
How to make this happen, you ask? Well, first I would find/assign yourself one person you trust that you can hand over your check list (before wedding day) and they will make sure everything is in place. This means giving that person your vision of how you want the venue to look - if you are doing your own decorating. In the case of my wedding we couldn't get into the venue until that day so we couldn't set anything up the day before - which would have been tremendously helpful.
I'll have some additional tips in future posts but for now... REMEMBER do not leave a lot of detail to be done on your wedding day. AND, whatever needs to be done--assign someone else to do it!
Caringly,
Rev Holly
