Hello everyone,
Hope you are all staying safe and positive at this incredibly difficult time.
I’m posting this just to kind of reach out to and support other vulnerable brides out there.
So I have asthma, diabetes and a still healing major surgery wound. Yesterday I received my “vulnerable persons” letter fro our local authority outlining their ongoing advice for me, i.e. not going out at all unless for medical treatment. We have been shielding since my operations in November as I am have been extremely poorly and was in a life threatening condition at one stage. I also had emergency surgery in March to remove an unrelated skin cancer, so me and the H2B have had a really tough 5 months or so.
We took the decision last week to postpone our 19th September wedding, in light of the above, and are currently trying to reschedule for around the same time next year. We were in a right pickle as our ceremony is in a different venue to our reception, and up until yesterday, they were not returning emails (not being a Bridezilla, they only had 4 weddings booked for the whole of this year). We were worried we’d end up with no ceremony venue as they have said that they will not be conducting weddings after the end of this year.
There has been a little light at the end of the tunnel now, as they have final replied and offered to move our date, until next year, yay!
Now all we have to do is rebook with our Registrars, but they are not open until July, and move the date with our small business reception venue (fingers crossed they reopen after all this is over!). Most of our suppliers are small businesses or sole traders so fingers crossed there, too.
Just wanted to see how other vulnerable brides and grooms were coping they the uncertainty of this situation, and really, to say, just chip away at the rescheduling tasks, it will start to come together again!
Posting this on our one year engagement anniversary, we should have been marrying in 151 days, looking at it as an extended planning session instead! Even more inspiration and anticipation!
Love from Liverpool
Ali xx