The Wedding Planner

My new job...Official Wedding Coordinator.

Yep you read that right. I am taking on a new adventure. My friend/boss just got engaged. After planning the little wedding I planned in Florida I thought I might have some good ideas for her, but then she surprised me and asked me if I would officially help her plan her wedding. I was flattered and I have to say it, a little bit excited.

I have helped friends do weddings for years and love helping people discover what they really want. When you mix those things together you get....Jennifer Lopez in the Wedding Planner. Hehehehe...well, maybe not quite, but I did laugh at the idea of being paid to help someone plan a wedding.

We had our first meeting and it made me smile and leave with heaps of energy. It wasn't necessarily fun to research what was out there in service and prices, but it was fun to present it to her and cast a vision for how I will help her make their special day unique to them and a memory. I loved digging deeper and asking her questions and helping her discover what she really wanted, what didn't matter that much to her, what is tradition and not what she really wants and then begin to help her see a vision for creating a day that expresses her and her fiance. It was such a fun moment, mixing so many of my passions together. I can't say I ever thought I would be doing this, but at the same time I wasn't that surprised as I was sitting with her at this small deli in the middle of Florida.

Sam is going to help me...he is already the Wedding Planner Police. I was telling him one of their ideas, but hadn't got the idea out yet and he says to me, "Dana, they can do WHATEVER they want. It's their wedding." I laughed because I was just trying to tell him their unique idea, but my husband who is always challenging me to be open minded kept me in line...and I think will continue to help me keep my vision....helping them create their Big Day, not anyone else's Big Day.

I will definitely keep you posted on this job. The Weight Loss Job is going well still. I can't believe some of the stuff that we are beginning to serve our clients with this month. The company I work for has been in business for over 24 years, yet the latest things they are finding and now making available for our clients are things that are actually helping me. I sat in a seminar on Friday fighting back tears as I listened to one of our Doctors we work with, who is a Hormone Specialist, describe my life in the last 5 years. I didn't feel crazy for the first time about some of the stuff that I have struggled in the past. In fact, I had some doctors want to put me on some crazy medicine because I was a "tad" bit emotional (well...okay I was super emotional). I always said no because in my gut things just didn't add up they were saying. Well sitting in this seminar I was floored at hearing why these doctors had most likely prescribed things for me. They were right about some of the things I was struggling with but were giving me very dangerous and ineffective answers. I called Sam in the middle, during a break, and just cried as I shared with him all this guy was saying. And of course, in true Dana fashion I had to go say Thank You to the doctor. And in even truer Dana fashion I began crying as I told him thank you and shared 2 minutes of my story. He was like a gentle grandpa that seemed like he had heard my story time and time again. Sam laughed when I told him and asked if the doctor said...you definitely need my help once I started crying. I love my husband that always makes me laugh when I take myself too seriously!

We don't know why we are in Florida some days, but on Friday I wondered if I was here not only for me find some resolution and healing on some things, but I had to wonder who else will benefit from the things in life I am learning. Life just never seems to be about us solely....time will tell.

For now I will enjoy these two endeavours Sam and I have and enjoy the beaches of Florida...when it's not POURING every afternoon!!! :(