30k 12 Comments February 1, 2017 Not afraid of your scars: Ceremony readings for second marriages We're familiar with planning second weddings in these parts (our own Megan is doing it right now!), and let me tell you, it's not easy finding wedding readings for second weddings. Let's find you some awesome readings, poems, and song lyrics for your second marriage. Read More 3.4k October 12, 2016 The ghost of weddings past: Planning a second wedding when you've already been a bride I'm engaged to a guy who's never been married before, while I already did the Big Dream Wedding thing. I've been The Bride. And this time around, planning a second wedding, is different in a LOT of key ways… Read More 9.6k 28 Comments September 2, 2015 There are moments that feel like betrayal: planning a wedding as a widow Two years ago, I became a widow after my husband committed suicide. Today, I'm planning a wedding with my teenage-years' sweetheart, with whom I got back together a little over a year ago. And when these two things overlap, it becomes cause for grief, not joy. Read More 4.7k 27 Comments August 19, 2015 Don't let the "Bride Again" stigma dictate your next wedding dress choice I remember so clearly shopping at plussizebridal.com (which no longer exists). It’s where I bought my fabulous purple wedding dress. There was a section on the site, though, that gave me chills. It was called “Bride Again.” Dresses in beige, off-white, and tans, each more matronly then the last — dresses that looked like something you might wear to an Easter church service but somehow more conservative. Like bizarro funeral garb. Some of the ugliest off-color dresses I have ever seen. I just remember thinking, "I don’t want to do this twice… Breathe, cross your fingers, shut out all the doubt, and get on with it." And I did. Read More 2.9k August 6, 2015 Kellie & Russ' second chance love created an amazing Vegas and Chicago wedding This couple dated 25 years ago, broke up from distance, and found each other again, both divorced and ready to find second chance love with each other. An amazing story followed by an amazing elopement to Las Vegas (with a red string ceremony and pizza!), and a reception in their hometown of Chicago six weeks later. Read More 123…6 Copyright © 2003 - 2019 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
3.4k October 12, 2016 The ghost of weddings past: Planning a second wedding when you've already been a bride I'm engaged to a guy who's never been married before, while I already did the Big Dream Wedding thing. I've been The Bride. And this time around, planning a second wedding, is different in a LOT of key ways… Read More 9.6k 28 Comments September 2, 2015 There are moments that feel like betrayal: planning a wedding as a widow Two years ago, I became a widow after my husband committed suicide. Today, I'm planning a wedding with my teenage-years' sweetheart, with whom I got back together a little over a year ago. And when these two things overlap, it becomes cause for grief, not joy. Read More 4.7k 27 Comments August 19, 2015 Don't let the "Bride Again" stigma dictate your next wedding dress choice I remember so clearly shopping at plussizebridal.com (which no longer exists). It’s where I bought my fabulous purple wedding dress. There was a section on the site, though, that gave me chills. It was called “Bride Again.” Dresses in beige, off-white, and tans, each more matronly then the last — dresses that looked like something you might wear to an Easter church service but somehow more conservative. Like bizarro funeral garb. Some of the ugliest off-color dresses I have ever seen. I just remember thinking, "I don’t want to do this twice… Breathe, cross your fingers, shut out all the doubt, and get on with it." And I did. Read More 2.9k August 6, 2015 Kellie & Russ' second chance love created an amazing Vegas and Chicago wedding This couple dated 25 years ago, broke up from distance, and found each other again, both divorced and ready to find second chance love with each other. An amazing story followed by an amazing elopement to Las Vegas (with a red string ceremony and pizza!), and a reception in their hometown of Chicago six weeks later. Read More 123…6 Copyright © 2003 - 2019 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
9.6k 28 Comments September 2, 2015 There are moments that feel like betrayal: planning a wedding as a widow Two years ago, I became a widow after my husband committed suicide. Today, I'm planning a wedding with my teenage-years' sweetheart, with whom I got back together a little over a year ago. And when these two things overlap, it becomes cause for grief, not joy. Read More 4.7k 27 Comments August 19, 2015 Don't let the "Bride Again" stigma dictate your next wedding dress choice I remember so clearly shopping at plussizebridal.com (which no longer exists). It’s where I bought my fabulous purple wedding dress. There was a section on the site, though, that gave me chills. It was called “Bride Again.” Dresses in beige, off-white, and tans, each more matronly then the last — dresses that looked like something you might wear to an Easter church service but somehow more conservative. Like bizarro funeral garb. Some of the ugliest off-color dresses I have ever seen. I just remember thinking, "I don’t want to do this twice… Breathe, cross your fingers, shut out all the doubt, and get on with it." And I did. Read More 2.9k August 6, 2015 Kellie & Russ' second chance love created an amazing Vegas and Chicago wedding This couple dated 25 years ago, broke up from distance, and found each other again, both divorced and ready to find second chance love with each other. An amazing story followed by an amazing elopement to Las Vegas (with a red string ceremony and pizza!), and a reception in their hometown of Chicago six weeks later. Read More 123…6 Copyright © 2003 - 2019 Offbeat Empire. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited. Contact us Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Monetized by SkimLinks
4.7k 27 Comments August 19, 2015 Don't let the "Bride Again" stigma dictate your next wedding dress choice I remember so clearly shopping at plussizebridal.com (which no longer exists). It’s where I bought my fabulous purple wedding dress. There was a section on the site, though, that gave me chills. It was called “Bride Again.” Dresses in beige, off-white, and tans, each more matronly then the last — dresses that looked like something you might wear to an Easter church service but somehow more conservative. Like bizarro funeral garb. Some of the ugliest off-color dresses I have ever seen. I just remember thinking, "I don’t want to do this twice… Breathe, cross your fingers, shut out all the doubt, and get on with it." And I did. Read More 2.9k August 6, 2015 Kellie & Russ' second chance love created an amazing Vegas and Chicago wedding This couple dated 25 years ago, broke up from distance, and found each other again, both divorced and ready to find second chance love with each other. An amazing story followed by an amazing elopement to Las Vegas (with a red string ceremony and pizza!), and a reception in their hometown of Chicago six weeks later. Read More 123…6
2.9k August 6, 2015 Kellie & Russ' second chance love created an amazing Vegas and Chicago wedding This couple dated 25 years ago, broke up from distance, and found each other again, both divorced and ready to find second chance love with each other. An amazing story followed by an amazing elopement to Las Vegas (with a red string ceremony and pizza!), and a reception in their hometown of Chicago six weeks later. Read More 123…6