Wedding Planning I - SchedulingWritten by Nily Glaser
Article: "Wedding Planning I - Scheduling" Nily Glaser Copyright: © Nily Glaser 2004"A-wedding Day" had many requests for information about chronology of steps for both wedding ceremony and reception. I hope that following steps will help you schedule details involved with your wedding ceremony and reception. It is important that you note that these are general and actual procedure for your personal wedding may vary according to your preference and these of your officiant as you incorporate your religion, heritage and customs. I have included steps for incorporating kids in re-marriages and blending families. Ceremony Steps: The ushers seat guests as they arrive for ceremony. The mother of bride is seated last, unless she accompanies her daughter to altar. The musicians play background music. At scheduled start time, unless officiant, groom, and best man are in processional, they take their places at altar (or ceremony place). The musicians start to play processional music. Mothers light tapers for Unity candle ceremony that will follow bride and groom's kiss. Procession - The most traditional order of processional is ushers and bridesmaids in pairs, followed by maid of honor, ring bearer, and flower girl. The bride enters last, escorted by her father or by both parents. The officiant greets guests. In a religious wedding, officiant leads a brief opening prayer. Special readings, songs and or music follow. The officiant's message. The vows - Bride and groom. In re-mariage vows - blending family -vows from parents to children. The exchange of rings and pronouncement "pronouncing you husband and wife". Bride and groom kiss. In re-mariage giving each child a piece of jewelry and pronouncement " pronouncing you a new family". Bride, groom and kids hug and kiss. Unity candle ceremony (In remarriage, include kids). The officiant then introduces bride and groom as husband and wife. In remarriage, officiant then introduces bride and groom and their kids, preferably by names, as a new family. Exit procession: bride and groom, followed by adult attendants in pairs, followed by ring bearer and flower girl. Take photos while guests go to reception.
| | The Daughters of Elder Care Written by Barbara Mascio
We have all heard old African saying "It takes a whole village to raise a child." It expresses some things that we can all easily accept: family values, shared responsibility, community spirit. But where is that same spirit when it comes to caring for our elderly? Typically, all responsibility falls on one adult child, normally daughter. The adult daughter cares for children, spouse and an older adult relative while maintaining a career. What about caring for needs of caregiver? Her needs are often ignored and trivialized by community, physicians, employers, other family and society in general. Family caregivers faced with a landscape much different from one commonly accepted and assumed by society suffer guilt and exhaustion while attempting to ‘do it all’. “Families have never done this with such complicated medical treatment and kind of economic pressures this brings today,” says Carol Leving, director of United Hospital Fund’s Families and Health Care project in New York City. “In old days, people got better or they died.” Caregivers often times have higher health risks than those they care for. Severe depression, anxiety, substance abuse, severe anger and stress-related diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer and infectious diseases are highly common. Quality Care Options Community of Resources is village that you and your loved ones can turn to. Services, resources and support for both older adult and family caregiver are available. Quality Care Options strives to assist entire family by making our service a one-call solution, saving you time, money and stress. These excerpts from letters sent to QCO tell story much better than I can … “We had less than a day to locate a rehabilitation facility for my father-in-law. We were familiar with nursing homes in Alliance, but not in our Cleveland area, which is where he wanted to be. I came across your yellow page ad, liked name, ‘Quality Care Options’, and then went to your web site. I felt relieved after speaking with Barbara.
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