GUEST BLOG BY DIANA MOORE OF HAWAII VISTA WEDDINGS
Why have a vow renewal in Hawaii? You did the big wedding with 500 of your closest friends and family. Probably at a location that was easy for everyone to get to. Your kids are asking you who the people in the pictures are and you have no idea. Years later, it’s a great time to celebrate with the ones that really mean the most to you at a location that is made for weddings….Hawaii. Didn’t have much money when you first got married? Now you can have your dream wedding that you always wanted or recreate the one that you loved the first time. There are many reasons to have a vow renewal. Here are 5 of them .
Romantic Gesture
After so many years of marriage, why not let the one you love feel the way he or she did when you first were married. Years have passed, and children come into the picture. The romance fades or is gone completely. You have both worked so hard to provide a home for yourselves, cleaned and cooked, picked up the kids from school everyday. The list goes on and life becomes one long day of mundane tasks. When you first were married, you could only imagine what life would be like raising a family together. It’s not always how you imagined. So you deserve to treat each other right. There was a reason that you first wanted to get married so find that spark again. Watching your beautiful partner walk down the aisle to you again, can be a powerful reminder of why you got married in the first place. Nothing is more romantic than a vacation to Hawaii and saying “I do” again.
Milestone Wedding Date
A Milestone wedding is a significant and important year in one's marriage that's bigger, or more noteworthy than other years. 10 years, 25 years, 50 years. You made it to that big date so why not celebrate? We need to congratulate ourselves sometimes for making it to a milestone date. No one said marriage is easy, so feel free to give yourselves a “reward”. You can even have one every ten years. Knowing that you will have one every ten years can help you look forward to growing older with your spouse and have things to look forward to at any stage in your life.
Have the wedding of your dreams
Years ago, you may not have had a lot of money or there was a big storm on your wedding so you couldn’t get the pictures that you wanted. Maybe you were so young and just wanted to make everyone else happy by having THEIR dream wedding. Now that you are older and may have more money, have the wedding that you actually wanted. There’s no pressure from family and friends anymore about what you should or shouldn’t do so do it your way! Did you have your wedding at a church but now you love the mountains or the beach? When you have your wedding in Hawaii, it doubles as a second honeymoon as well. If you had kids after you were married, they can now be a part of your wedding so make it the family vacation of a lifetime. Hire a photographer or Videographer to recreate pictures from your first wedding. How wonderful to have pictures of the two of you before and after.
Back together after tough times
There may be some signs that your marriage could use a vow renewal. Everyone knows that these past couple of years have been tough for everyone. So we are all sympathetic about going through tough times. Whether it’s the passing of a loved one, having to relocate to a new job, or now the kids are off to college, this is a good opportunity to do something positive and start over with a new outlook on life. Now you know that you can make it through tough times, so come together again and remember the good times.You may realize that time can heal and life can get better when you remember what you once had.
Why not?
Photo by Mike Pham Photography
Do you really need a reason to celebrate your marriage? Maybe you just want a party and have an excuse to do so. Why not? You don’t need a special reason to have a vow renewal. If you were planning a trip to Hawaii anyway, it could be a nice surprise for your spouse. If you hire a wedding planner, they can help coordinate things for you and make it a surprise. Get a new ring and have an officiant to make it feel extra special. If you are having a party and may already be spending a lot of money on a venue, food, hair and makeup flowers etc., make it extra special and renew your vows too. Life is too short to not celebrate life and love.
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XOXOXO
Happy Planning!
(A Perfect Day)