![]() There is nothing wrong with simple first-time ceremonies. “Oftentimes, were married in a church or synagogue the first time and want the second wedding to feel like a more personal reflection of who they are at this stage of life.” Cannon, who has performed more than 1,000 ceremonies and is in The Knot's “Best of Weddings” Hall of Fame, has noticed a recent uptick in midlife weddings, especially small elopement-type ceremonies in a nonreligious setting. Lisa and a growing number of couples who have made it to their 20th, 25th or 30th anniversary are celebrating decades of fun, fights and sleepless nights with vow renewals. “We invited who we wanted, did it our way, and because we made it 30 years, I wanted - and luckily got - a second chance to have the wedding I didn't get to have the first time." “We saved for what we wanted this time around,” says Lisa. After the ceremony, everyone hopped on a cruise ship and sailed around the islands. At sunset, clad in leis and Hawaiian shirts, they said “we do” the way they wish they had. To celebrate, they flew to Hawaii for a do-over wedding in front of a whole new group of friends and family. There, surrounded by a handful of people, they said their “I do's” in a casual ceremony, no flowers, no cake and definitely not in the dress of Lisa's dreams.įast-forward 30 years: Lisa and John are going strong. ![]() But not in Vegas - in John's parents’ living room. Guess how that went? The young couple eloped. She told her parents that they were madly in love and that she was bagging college to marry him. When Lisa Higbee was 18, she fell hard and fast for Josh, 21, a boy from her neighborhood. ![]()
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