Category: weddings

My sister shared this video with me. Listening to the 100-year old bride, Dana Jackson, talk about what weddings were like when she was young is my favorite part.

Getting married wasn’t a big thing back when I was young, it wasn’t no big thing— you just got somebody to preach or knew the bible a little bit, give a short talk, and that was it…just simple, you know, just simple — wore clothes, maybe a bouquet cut out of the yard. It’s not what you got, it’s what you make out the marriage.

 A great reminder in an age where weddings can become quite excessive…