It might sound silly, but I believe that planning weddings is a calling. I didn’t exactly wake up one day and hear a voice, Eileen, you should plan weddings, but I did feel it, intensely. I just knew it was a place where I could fit my skills and make a difference in a couple’s life. What is more amazing than two people uniting together in marriage and starting a life together? As many weddings as I’ve planned, I still realize and cherish the significance of these moments, and feel lucky to be involved in helping them happen … smoothly … beautifully … and seamlessly.

Through my job, I have the ability to help remove a bride’s stress so that she can be fully present for her marriage—the truly special promise—where she and her husband-to-be stand up in front of friends and family to make an extraordinary legal, and soulful commitment. This moment should be at the forefront. This is why I plan weddings … So the bride can be fully immersed in this amazing moment—instead of worrying about logistics, wondering if the photographer knows which angle you want him to be shooting from, or diffusing the argument between Aunt Jean and cousin Patty.

This is why I plan weddings.

This is also why I’m starting this blog.

I want to share my experience, tips, and insight, and give brides a view into who I am as a person, and how I work. Choosing someone to plan your wedding is a very personal decision, and I think it should be based on capability and experience, as well as approach.

I’d like to put myself into this blog, so that when you read, it helps you get to know me. For me, weddings aren’t just a business, they are tremendously meaningful. I truly consider it a privilege to help my brides really experience their magnificent matrimony, and enable them to enter into marriage without worrying about the details of the wedding day.

I look forward to sharing with you through this blog. If there are any topics you would like me to cover, please let me know.

Until next time…