Wedding Planning with Mom
OK, time to crawl on out of my warm, cozy holiday bubble and get back to real life. And with less than four months till the wedding, that includes throwing planning into overdrive (and posts, too).
And I want to start with one very important aspect of the wedding: my mom, E.
My mom and I haven’t always had the easiest relationship. Now, to be clear, this isn’t to say we have a BAD relationship by any stretch, but it’s my understanding that we’ve hit more rocky stretches than the average mother-daughter relationship (many of them stemming from my bipolar disorder—I’ll own it).
But at this point, my mom and I get along pretty well, 90% of the time. I think in our case, distance has actually strengthened the relationship. But there’s one thing…
…when it comes to the wedding, she’s pretty hands off.

My family: Mom, K, Dad, and me. I want to make sure EVERYONE feels involved and no one feels left out.
I know she’s happy for Mr. W and me. I get the feeling she’s trying to let me plan the event I want—which is sweet. That said, there have been times where I wish she were more involved.
I don’t want to overload her or drag her into things she’d hate (like dress shopping), but it’d be nice to have some “bonding moments” over the wedding. After all, I really look up to my parents’ 40+ year marriage, and would love to learn from her. So I̵...