FEBRUARY 2017

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A Timeless Wedding
VANESSA
DENHA-GARMO
EDITOR IN CHIEF
CO-PUBLISHER
When I got engaged, I knew I wanted a
fall wedding – in the month of September
preferably. It was a good thing
I booked my wedding a year in advance because
there was a good chance I would have had to
wait longer.
At that time, it was a given I would have my
reception at Southfield Manor. We had one of
the last weddings held at our former club. It was
either being one of the last at Southfield Manor
or the first at Shenandoah Country Club. I didn’t
want a January/February wedding, so I decided
on the only Saturday left in September that year.
When I planned
it, I knew I wanted to
look back at my wedding
decades later
thinking I wouldn’t
have changed a thing.
It proved to be a
great decision. My
wedding day was a
beautiful fall day with
overcast skies, which
I later learned is the
best climate for photos
outside. The banquet
hall was adorned
with warm fall flowers.
My bridesmaids
walked down the
aisle in deep red
dresses that were in line with the season.
When planning this issue, I wanted to know what it
is like to have a wedding at any time of the year. It is
becoming more difficult to get your ideal wedding date
with so many venues booked more than a year in advance.
We bring you four stories in one for this month’s cover
story. It is our annual wedding guide and we wanted to
highlight seasonal weddings. In this cover story, we share
the wedding days of four couples in the four seasons the
State of Michigan offers.
I am grateful to the wedding planners, couples, photographers
and all the vendors who participated
in our stories. Some I had to nag more than others,
but I did get the information we needed to
craft our wedding issue.
We are delivering a several-page spread all
about weddings and marriage. We hope this not
only helps you plan your day, but your life together
as husband and wife. We are fortunate to
have so many experts in this arena to talk with
and quote for our stories. And, nothing makes
this issue more complete than photos captured
by talented photographers. I am grateful to all for
sharing photos with us.
If I were to get married today, I don’t know if
I would do it any differently other than using a different
videographer.
I wanted my wedding to be timeless and nearly 13 years
later, I can say it was and I hope will be 13 years from now.
If I have any advice, from my own experience, it is
to choose vendors who know Chaldean weddings. Our
weddings are much different than a wedding from another
culture. Vendors who know our culture and traditions,
will know how to plan your day accordingly and will know
how to capture your day.
There are so many hours that go into planning the day
that flies by. You want it to be memorable, personable,
and identifiable as a wedding reflective of you as a couple.
I recently found the CD we played for our wedding
song. Even though it is from an unknown artist, it is still
reflective of my husband and I and our life together. I
wouldn’t change it.
At the end of the day, your wedding should be a mirror
image of your love and life as a couple – it should be
timeless.
Alaha Imid Koullen
(God Be With Us All)
Vanessa Denha-Garmo
vanessa@denhamedia.com
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