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Wedding Date to Mark in Your Agenda

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Anyone who knows our daughter knows she has the kindest most gentle spirit going. Rarely complains, never puts herself first, a true listener and doesn't make waves but surfs upon them.

So when she sent me a photo of the alterations to her wedding dress, (and her wedding dress did not at all look the same) and asked, "What do you think?"

I responded, "You looked beautiful." Though I did not say, "Hey WHAT the hell happened????"

Chelsea replied, "It doesn't look like my dress anymore."

For Chelsea to say that I knew she was seriously disappointed because normally she would just brush it off and let it be, usually she would say something like, 'It doesn't matter. It is just a dress, and it is not important to worry about." 

She took the dress back and is hoping a miracle of transformation can happen. But I doubt it. 

She will look (and is) beautiful nevertheless.

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We are going to try to live stream Chelsea and Martin's wedding on my Facebook so if you are a Friend of mine on Facebook I hope you will tune in, mark the date July 6th at 4:00 in the afternoon French Time.

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Comments

27 responses to “Wedding Date to Mark in Your Agenda”

  1. Kipper

    I don’t have Facebook. Have you thought of putting it on Instagram as well?

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  2. Wisps of Words

    But! It’s her wedding gown…
    Isn’t this something to “raise the roof” over…?
    Of course she is beautiful!!! That’s not the point.
    It’s her wedding gown.
    This is one day, to remember, for a lifetime. With total happiness.
    Not with the fact, that her wedding gown, was ruined. And she had to just smile about it.
    I would make a major “shout out” to whom ever the ‘seamstress’ is.
    This is simply not acceptable.
    Mari-Nanci

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  3. Ann of Avondale

    Weddings are so important to have everything perfect….then BAM! Something happens that will challenge you to the core. When I picked up my wedding dress (23 years ago and two days before the wedding) the boxes were so big and I was so emotional that I left my purse on top of the car. I drove off and the purse fell off my car. When I got home hours later I noticed my purse was missing. Called husband to be and we retraced all my steps, nothing. So I had to cancel all my credit cards, report my drivers license missing, many tears, etc. Late at night I get a call and a woman ran over my purse, stopped and picked it up. The wedding dress receipt had my phone number and that is how they found me. Got my purse back intact. I wanted to treat husband to be to a late dinner, but all my debit and credit cards were cancelled – I had no money or access to money. Husband to be had to pay for the wedding, honeymoon, and everything else until we got back.
    Relax, it will all turn out just fine…..

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  4. Joan

    It needs to be right for Chelsea. Miracles can happen so make some noise like a squeaky wheel. I hope it all works out. In any case, Chelsea would be beautiful in a flour sack!
    Joan

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  5. Diogenes

    Wondering how they changed it…alterations should just make it fit better.
    I feel bad for Chelsea.

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  6. Pamela

    I’m feel about Chelsea’s dress too. It’s not an easy thing to trust a seamstress with your wedding gown to begin with. Some how there must have been a breakdown in communications. I will hope for a miracle that it will be remedied.
    I’m so excited that you’ve made a way for us to see the wedding live! It’s marked in my day planner. I can’t wait!

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  7. Arnelle Louise

    Do we need to find another seemstress in Paris?

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  8. Jacklynn Lantry

    I’m with Ann of Avondale, relax it’s going to be fine and whatever she wears will be perfect. In the meantime, I’m so excited…I’m invited to a wedding! Thanks so much Corey, how thoughtful and kind. I don’t have facebook, but my daughter does so I’ll tune in on her facebook page.

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  9. Tongue in Cheek

    Yes, but more of my family is on FB.

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  10. Tongue in Cheek

    Chelsea did. We will see how it looks next week, and then make a decision what to do next.

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  11. Tongue in Cheek

    Exactly that. Stress happy endings or not is stress. Everything will be fine. The goal is to share happiness with everyone who is gathered.

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  12. Tongue in Cheek

    They cut it wrong. Accidents happen.

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  13. Tongue in Cheek

    Accidents happen. It was writing out on the invoice, so we know what we asked for, but nevertheless mistakes still occur.

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  14. TEXAS francophile

    The seamstress buys a new a dress. Thank goodness there is time. What a sweet child, she deserves nothing but the best. Thank you for the wedding invitation i wouldn’t miss it. Please remind me is that 9am July 6th for Dallas.? Can’t wait 😊

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  15. Tongue in Cheek

    Another seamstress won’t be able to repair what is no longer there. But another dress might be the answer.

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  16. Tongue in Cheek

    I will wink at you.

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  17. Tongue in Cheek

    That would be kind but accident happen, she is trying to resolve it…
    Yes 9am in Texas.

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  18. Leslie in Oregon

    I followed Martin and Chelsea’s civil wedding in real time (i.e., before, while and after it happened), through the photographs and Stories that the bride, groom, you and Sacha posted almost immediately on their Instagram sites…and the joy of the anticipation, the ceremony and the celebration came through loud and clear even way over here in northwest Oregon. That was a wonderful day!
    Just before 7 a.m. local time on the coming July 6, my husband and I will start celebrating the 43rd anniversary of our (church) wedding (our civil ceremony was on April 29, 1975) by watching and listening to any livestreaming of Martin and Chelsea’s (church) wedding that you do on Facebook. Thank you for arranging that…we will be honored, and so happy, to be participating-from-afar in what I know will be a very beautiful ceremony!
    I am so sorry about Chelsea’s wedding dress, but I know that you and she will devise a solution that will cause her feel as lovely as she is, and will be, in whatever she wears at her church wedding. When we married, my husband and I were law students with very little money, certainly not enough to purchase a wedding dress. At our church wedding, I wore a $50 off-the-rack/no-alterations cotton dress that, while it was long and ivory-colored, was not made to be a wedding dress. Nonetheless, when I donned that dress on the day of the wedding, it somehow became the perfect wedding dress for me. I treasure it (and wear it on very special wedding anniversaries) to this day.

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  19. Susie

    Oh my. This was NOT in the plan. And since I take everything to the Lord in prayer, I will do just that. And you can bet I will be part of the “congregation” on July 6.

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  20. Wisps of Words

    Oh I am so glad.
    Yes, it will be a wonderful day.
    But she still deserves to have the gown, she chose.
    Hugs to all,
    Mari-Nanci

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  21. g

    oh no…do not lose hope-our very dear friend had this happen to he daughter’s communion dress(I know the weight of each occasion is far different)through the grace of GOD and a little luck a brilliant man on the other side of Philadelphia fixed it-not the same as you say…but beautiful in its own right-holding out good thoughts and as accidents happen so do miracles-wishing the best of outcomes

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  22. Charland

    Feeling so sorry for her and wishing for a miracle! So I’m sending positive thoughts. Is there perhaps a second identical gown not altered?

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  23. Carol

    Thinking of you both and hoping you find a perfect solution . Hugs xo

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  24. Star

    Praying that all will be put right with Chelsea’s dress.
    If at all possible, I hope to witness their wedding.

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  25. LeighNZ

    There is time and Chelsea has angels surrounding her; I have faith that everything will work out. XX

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  26. Jan D-M

    Now I understand what Yann was trying to explain about the dress! Oh, no! In the end, all will be well, I am sure of it, but I will send prayers for peace in Chelsea’s heart. I am very excited to watch the livestream.

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  27. Shelley Noble

    1,000 blessings to Chelsea and Martin and their families, Corey. With a special note of Grace for the Mother of the beautiful Bride.

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