Want an Unplugged Wedding? Follow This Essential Advice

For many people, smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are essential tools for communication, organization, photography, productivity, and leisure. Yet with the chance of wedding pics spoiled by shutter-happy gu ...

Category: Wedding Planning

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Proper Wedding Invitation Etiquette

Getting engaged often leaves couples with lots of questions regarding the wedding. After all, if it's your first marriage, this is probably the first time you are going to need to make so many decisions. You want to do ...

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Be Sure to Take Off Your Engagement Ring in These Situations

After you have gotten engaged, you are definitely going to want to show off your ring a lot. Actually, saying “a lot” might be downplaying how often you are going to flash your ring finger in front of friends ...

Category: Marriage

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Too Many Weddings: Guest Etiquette

When you hit a certain age in life, people you know are going to start getting married at a much more rapid pace. Before you can even say “I do,” you’re going to notice your calendar filling up with eng ...

Category: Ceremonies

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Incorporate Spring Into Your Fling

According to countless polls conducted over the decades, May has long held the top spot as the most popular month for couples to get married. While October and June often appear in the mix, May always seems to come out o ...

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How to Deal With an Uncooperative Bridesmaid

There's no getting around it: Weddings can be very stressful. This isn't just true for the bride and groom, it can happen to others involved in the wedding party as well. While your flower girls and ring bearers aren't l ...

Category: Wedding Planning Ceremonies

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What to Expect From Your Guests

A lot of work is involved with getting married. Whether you are someone who obsesses over organization or likes to take a more relaxed approach to life, you are still going to put a good amount of effort into crafting a ...

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What to Do After You Are Baptized

Baptism is an important part of the Christian faith. Jesus himself was baptized. It is a lifetime commitment to live your life as a Christian. If you have been baptized recently, then you probably already know this. You ...

Category: Baptism Ceremonies

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Living Funerals: A New Type of Send-Off

The commonly repeated axiom that funerals benefit the living more than the dead may have some truth to it, especially if you consider loved ones’ need for closure. Yet what if you hold a funeral for someone while h ...

Category: Funeral Loss

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Buddhist Funerals 101: Grieving and Remembrance

Death is often regarded with equal parts curiosity, awe, and fear, so it’s not surprising that humans have developed complex belief systems and rituals to deal with it. Since it’s sometimes hard to tell wheth ...

Category: Funeral Loss

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