Me and Mr. Wild Soul’s 6th wedding anniversary is tomorrow! WOW time has seriously flown by. We have been through so much together in those 6 years, it feels like a lifetime!
You may know the story of my wedding: how my day wasn’t the fairy tale I’d always dreamed of. I felt like I was floundering around with no idea what I was doing during the wedding planning process, and how I needed therapy for a full year after.
You may know that the impact that my wedding day had on me led me to create Wild Soul Weddings, a luxury wedding photography and videography company that focuses heavily on helping our clients have the best damn wedding day ever.
My wedding day has been a huge part of my life, my story, and my business.
Every year, I like to share something here on the blog about our wedding.
I’ve shared advice, I’ve shared our vows.
Today I want to share what I would do differently if we got married NOW vs when we did.
I can imagine so many different iterations of our wedding. I can imagine what I would have chosen if we would have decided on different seasons, dates, locations, etc. I absolutely LOVE weddings now, and wish I could have at least 10 more so I can have every version of my wedding that I wish I could have had.
But the biggest truth is that if I were getting married NOW instead of then….
I would hire the most kickass photographer and ELOPE.
YEP you heard me right! I would ELOPE.
Mr. Wild Soul and I are huge adventurers, and this is my biggest regret. To stay true to who WE are, I so wish we would have hopped on a plane to any number of destinations and gotten married with just us, an officiant, and the most amazing photographer ever.
Where would we have eloped to, you ask? California, Oregon, Colorado, Ireland, Italy, or Greece!
What I want you to know about weddings is that they take a LOT of emotional work. Something that not many people talk about is how exhausting your wedding weekend can be. I am an introvert, and being around people for long periods of time is incredibly difficult for me…that’s why I only “work” one day a week 😉 But if you are an introvert, it would be a great idea for you to consider your own emotional needs around your wedding, and decide if an all day, traditional Saturday wedding is the right choice for you.
Weddings should be about who you are as a couple. If this means that you elope, then DO IT. Don’t waste another second thinking about it. Wild Soul Weddings is also a destination wedding photographer, and I would love to accompany you on your elopement! I promise I will even be your witness! 😉
Love always,
La Rae
Wild Soul Weddings Owner and Destination Photographer
Images in this post are by Free Dove Photography, Pineville, MO