By: Dwayna Clark My beautiful twin sister asked me to be the maid of honor for her big day and I was more than happy to take on the role. After all was said and done, I understand why being chosen as the maid of honor is a big deal. This role takes on a huge responsibility and can be a stressful experience. The maid of honor has many duties which consist of and taking … [Read more...]
If You’re Not Feeling These 5 Things Maybe You Shouldn’t Get Married Yet
So you’ve met this amazing guy and you are ready to tie the knot. For years you’ve wondered what this moment in your life would look and feel like, and now you get to actually experience it. It’s a wonderful thing… or is it? You have a few lingering doubts. At first, you tell yourself it’s just jitters about being with someone forever (forever ever), and you keep moving … [Read more...]
Master These 3 Traits and You’re Ready for Marriage
You've heard it a million times. Marriage is hard. Marriage is difficult. Marriage takes work. Clichés are clichés for a reason. Sometimes we hear them so often that it's easy to forget the truth they lay out so clearly. The coupling of two worlds into one new, whole, complete, and fully functional mega-world is no easy feat. And like any difficult thing, it takes skill … [Read more...]
How Young is too Young to Say, “I do?” Click Here to Find Out
Ask a married person their opinion about age and marriage and you will get a wide range of responses. Some will tell you that getting married before 30 is a bad idea because people should have some clarity about who they are before they jump the broom. Others might share how they got married when they were 22 and they are happily married 20 years later so age shouldn’t be a … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Starting Your Marriage Off On the Right Foot
You know that feeling you get when something gets off to a bad start? You feel annoyed and start to question whether or not you can make things right. I know that feeling and it sucks. Improving the direction of a day, situation, or relationship gone wrong can feel like so much work. It’s not impossible to change the direction of things, but wouldn’t life be so much sweeter if … [Read more...]
Singles: 7 Practical Things You Need to Discuss Before Marriage
I knew my husband for years before we tied the knot. Yet, despite a longstanding friendship that later turned romantic, there are probably still a few basic discussions I wish we had before our wedding day. While some couples get caught in the romance of it all and marry without discussing too much, many couples actually do try to lay things out on the table and talk about a … [Read more...]
10 Things that Dramatically Changed After I Got Married
Hello beautiful people! I hope everyone is doing well, and being disciplined with their New Year's resolutions. We have at least one more week, until we fall off. Just kidding :). Well, I've been married for a little over 4 months now. I don't know why, but it feels like Stevie and I have been together forever. I literally can't see myself without him, ever. And whenever I … [Read more...]
Couples Spotlight: Octavais Walton & Keri Dossett [Surprise Engagement]
You may remember this couple from the surprise engagement that went down at the BMWK 7 year anniversary celebration a couple of weekends ago! We wanted to find out the real story behind this soon-to-be married couple, so we recently sat down with them. This interview and the insight they shared are powerful. So grab a seat and maybe a tissue, and be prepared to be inspired. … [Read more...]
3 Ways that Men can “Show Up!” in Their Marriages and Relationships
“Fellas don’t just show up…she needs you to be PRESENT!” This was a meme that I recently created and posted on my social media outlets because I know it’s an area that some men struggle in sometimes, including me! The longer I’m in a relationship, the more I learn about and understand the needs of women. What I’ve found is that although people may have different “love … [Read more...]
10 Things Planning a Wedding Will Teach You
I am officially less than 6 weeks away from jumping the broom. I'll never be able to understand how folks have engagements that last over a year, because these last 8 months have been TRY-ING, to say the least. They say planning a wedding can be an extremely draining process. They ain't never lied. Here are 10 things planning a wedding will teach you: 1. Your date is too far … [Read more...]
17 Questions Every Woman Should Ask Her Man Before She Marries Him
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “17 Questions Every Woman Should Ask Herself Before She Gets Married." I wrote that post first because I firmly believe that before we commit ourselves to anyone, we really have to know who we are and what our issues are. Often times, we place all the focus on knowing our partner, and while that is incredibly important, it won’t do … [Read more...]
Trip to the Altar: My Future Husband Was Already Married
Man makes plans. God laughs. I can't tell you how many times I THOUGHT I knew who my future husband would be. I heard this saying when I was single and found it to be true; "It's the person you least expect it to be." It sure was, because my future husband was already married. After experiencing my first heartbreak, I was sure I'd meet my husband at college. It just made … [Read more...]
17 Questions Every Woman Should Ask Herself Before She Gets Married
When my husband proposed to me, we had already been a part of each other’s lives for years. We met and developed a friendship when we were both 17. We didn’t get engaged until I was 28. Our history ran deep. Because of that, I knew a lot about him (and myself) before we decided to get married. And, even with that, we continue to learn more about each other every single year. … [Read more...]
Trip to the Altar: Checkout My Vintage Engagement Photo Shoot
If you read my blog, you know I believe I was born in the wrong era. I feel some kind of way about life cheating me out of experiencing the Dorothy Dandridges, Audrey Hepburns, and Shug Avery's of our time. However, I'm always down for a little dress up and knew exactly what I wanted the theme of our wedding to be: Vintage! Shot by Adela Red, here in Chicago, our engagement … [Read more...]
Trip to the Altar: 7 Signs that He’s the One
The other day I was thinking about some of the relationships I was in, that DIDN'T work out. One would think I wouldn't have been so blinded by "love" to recognize these guys clearly weren't "the one" for me. I guess in my case, it took meeting "the one" for me to recognize the difference from God writing my love story versus a bootleg script crafted by Yours Truly. Stevie is … [Read more...]