So last night FMIL came over for me to give her the list of people we haven't heard anything about RSVPs from. While she was here she asked if we'd do wedding programs and as long as it doesn't put me over the edge I said I'd be happy to. She was talking about her friend's daughter's program that talked about how it takes a village to raise a child etc. etc. She also thought it'd be nice to mention people who were close to us that passed (her parents, FFIL's parents) and possibly acknowledge god parents and so on-some people light candles, etc (FI immediately vetoed that-it's been at least 6 years since anyone has passed).
FI and I talked about it this morning and none of that will work for us. If we mention people who've passed it'll be a depressing list of a lot of people, not just 1 or 2 grandparents and would take up a large chunk of the program-it'd look more like a rememberence than a wedding program. We don't want to mention anything about god mothers because while FI's are great, mine have passed away/divorced the family. We don't want to talk about how it takes a "village to raise a child" because 1. it's cheesy and 2. my parents raised me 100% themselves + spending some time with my grandparents for fun sleepovers maybe once a month-not babysitting, etc.
What can we include that will make FMIL happy (she's wonderful, I think emotions are hitting her now that we're close) without making our ceremony programs sappy/depressing? So far I just have our names/wedding location/date written in a pretty font on the left page and a nice list outlining our parents and wedding party. What did you include?
*I think I'm just a little irked this is coming up less than 2 weeks before the wedding when I have a million other things that HAVE to be done before October 1st. This has basically been her only request though so I feel I should get it done.