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When faith takes you straight to the heart of true love, you must say, "Yes, I do." True love is always found by Faith Alone in the Finished Work of Jesus Christ on The Cross of Calvary. I know I will see you there, ok? OK. 

Imagine this: You're single and feel totally  fine with it, and suddenly you get a call from your college bestie. She's getting married. Yay for her! Do you want to be her bridesmaid? Of course! But what if you knew it'd cost you $1,466? Would you still want to do it? Read more from New York Magazine

Brace yourselves, lovebirds. On Wednesday, March 23 there's a lunar eclipse in Libra, the sign of partnerships and commitment. Your interpersonal affairs department is about to buzz with activity! Eclipses are game-changers that bring swift and surprising events. Since this one falls at a full moon, it can bring sudden closure or manifestation of events in a key relationship. Romantic wake ups, shake ups, and even breakups may be on Cupid's docket this week. But relax! There could be swift and positive developments too, like a black velvet box proffered from bended-knee or the revelation of a long-held, secret crush. Lunar eclipses are the masters of surprise; the illuminators of shadows — literally, since the sun casts the shadow of the Earth onto the moon, and metaphorically too, as these lunations tend to call out our hidden desires and even put our bullshit on display. Eek! Read more from ELLE

When Gabriella Campagna got engaged to Mario Milana, she knew immediately where she wanted to have her wedding. “We wanted to get married at my grandparents’ country house in Cali, Colombia,” she shares. “It’s called La Mañanita, which means ‘The Little Morning.’ It was a very special and magical place for us to visit growing up, and I always imagined doing it there.” The logistics proved to be a little tricky, though. After all, the bride is an actress born and raised in New York, while the groom is an Italian furniture designer originally from Milan. “We knew it wouldn’t be easy to get everyone down there,” laments Gabriella. “But thankfully, in the end, those who made it loved discovering Cali.” Read more from Vogue

Once every four years, the calendar presents us with a leap year. As if we don’t have enough days in the year to make mistakes, once every four years we have one extra day to make it right, but why can’t leap day be in the summer? An old Irish tradition says that in a leap year, it is socially acceptable for a woman to propose to a man. As a society we have moved past so many antiquated traditions, yet when it comes to marriage and the rules of love, is it wrong to take the other path instead of the one laid for us by our ancestors? I am the first to admit that I am a traditional girl when it comes to certain customs. I want to get married in the same church as my parents and grandparents. I want someone to get down on one knee, present me with a diamond ring, and ask me to be his wife. I want my big day to include the old, new, borrowed and blue and I want to have my daddy walk me down the aisle. Read more from here

Driving east on Route 6 toward the tip of Cape Cod’s long arm, the road gets narrower, the vegetation scrubbier, and the vibe decidedly more mellow. Gone are the mini-golf courses and luxury resorts, replaced by miles and miles of rolling dunes, crashing waves, and, of course, that inspiring light that Edward Hopper so famously painted. It’s the kind of light that makes for showstopping wedding photos, whether you prefer the tranquility of Wellfleet or the party-ready atmosphere of Provincetown, always a popular destination for same-sex weddings. “It’s just a more casual, laid-back feel,” says Jamie Bohlin, owner of the planning firm Cape Cod Celebrations. Read more here

It’s 2016 and your mama’s wedding is officially a thing of the past. I’m the first to condone any ritual involving love, but some of the wedding traditions out there these days are practically voodoo. Closing your eyes and tossing flowers to the crowd in hopes your college roommate cat lady will catch it? The robotic processional walk to “Pachelbel’s Canon”? The rose petals strewn across the duvet enticing you to slither upon it in slinky lingerie? Methinks not. Read more here

My childhood friend Kathryn is marrying, and she asked me to read a poem at her wedding. I took to this task, at first, like an overachieving English major, yanking heavy anthologies off the shelf and leafing through physical books. Then I reverted to normalcy, typed “wedding poems good” into Google, and emailed a bunch of people to see if they had ideas I could rip off. Entire article here: http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/08/5-kinds-of-poems-you-hear-at-weddings.html #