My Dress...

is short.

I always [and by always I mean since I knew Ben Left and I would one day wed...] kind of planned on having a short dress, but I though it would be short as in tea length. And poofy. And pretty much exactly like the one Audrey Hepburn's character models in Funny Face.

He loves

And she loves

And they love so

Why can't you love

and I love too?

Birds love

And bees love

And whispering trees love

And that's what

We both should do.

I always knew some day

You'd come along

We'll make a twosome

That just can't go wrong,

Darling.

He loves

And she loves

And they love

So won't you love me

as I love you?

But then things happened. The mood of the wedding changed.... And before I knew it there was a dress, not 50's style, but 60's. Not poofy, but slender. Not tea lenght, but, um, kind of mini. But it is so perfect for our wedding. Ben Left loves it, too.

Sometimes it is scary. Inner dialogues happen that make me run to the nearest sample sale and try on two thousand dollar designer gowns that cascade to the floor... and yet the mini persists.

Words like this from people like Elizabeth Dye help SO MUCH:

I confess--I wish more brides would wear short dresses for their weddings. We all love a long gown, but a girl with the guts (and the gams) to rock a mini has a special place in my heart.

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