-If possible, attend bridal shower.

-Make sure to tell groom's relatives and friends where couple is registered if MOH has not.

-Talk to MOB about your dress. Your dresses should compliment each others.

-Traditionally, Groom's parents host rehearsal dinner.

-In a Christian ceremony you will be seated in first pew, in a Jewish ceremony you will escort your son down aisle and stand with him at huppah

-If there is a receiving line, you will be in it.

-Dance mother/son dance at reception.

-Be there for moral support.

FATHER OF THE BRIDE DUTIES For most dads, just thinking about their daughter's wedding day will make them get all choked up. This is a special day for your daughter and there's a lot you can do to make it even more special.

-The Bride's family is traditionally one to foot wedding bill. Many couples today are opting to at least pay a portion of expenses though.

-Offer to help with ceremony and reception site planning.

-Don't know much about flowers or wedding cakes? Offer to help pick out wedding music, food, or alcohol instead.

-Help out with out-of-town travel arrangements. The couple may need your help in giving guests directions, chauffering on wedding day, and booking hotel rooms.

-Attend rehearsal dinner. Many fathers give a speech to groom at rehearsal dinner.

-Travel to ceremony site with your daughter. In both Christian and Jewish ceremonies father of bride traditionally escorts her.

-If there is a receiving line, you will stand beside your daughter.

-You may give a toast at reception.

-Dance father/daughter dance at reception.

-Be there for moral support.

FATHER OF THE GROOM DUTIES Father of Groom-- it's a role you almost never hear about when people talk about weddings, but that doesn't mean that you can't play an important role in your son's wedding.

-Your son may need advice about proposing, be sure to give him support he needs.

-Once engagement has been announced, be sure to welcome Bride to your family and tell her how pleased you are that she will be part of it.

-Offer to help with ceremony and reception site planning.

-Ask couple if Father of Groom or Best Man needs any help with travel arrangements for out of town guests.

-Traditionally, Groom's family hosts rehearsal dinner.

-In a Christian ceremony, you will sit in first pew. In a Jewish ceremony you and Groom's mother will escort Groom down aisle and stand at huppah.

-If there is a receiving line, you will be in it.

-Make sure everyone is holding their liquor well and that bar is either stocked or closed down (if too many people are getting out of control drunk).

-Be there for moral support.

Really Consider Your Priorities It makes sense to say we are going to focus on positive and give up guilt, but being humans, it's not that easy to do. That's where priorities come into play. When you hear, or read, someone suggesting that you consider your priorities, what does that mean to you? For some, that means realizing that spending time with family is more important than extra time spent at work hopes of a promotion, for others it means studying and going back to school is more important than two hours in front of TV at night. These large-scope priorities are certainly important, but I suggest you even think on a more basic level than that; think on level of day-to-day tasks. Ask if it is more important today for you to take a walk outside with your two-year old or to cook meal you'd planned that will take an hour. Is it more important today to do laundry or to read childcare magazine that's been sitting on kitchen table for a month? Is it more important today that you send a birthday card to your cousin or sweep kitchen floor? What kind of mood are you in or is a family member in? Where will your energies make most difference to you or your loved ones today, at this moment? I'm not suggesting that laundry can pile up for weeks or that you should always eat fast food. I am suggesting that you cannot do all of things you want to do, so many of things you can do should be done consciously, and you should feel good that you've made a choice about how to spend your valuable time.

You cannot make more time in a day, but you can reframe way you think about what you accomplish during a limited amount of time. This will help you to feel better about yourself and your life. Celebrate your accomplishments, don't give guilt a chance to consume your energies, and make conscious choices about your priorities each day. The day is yours - feel good about ways you spend it!

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