My FI told me that he just wanted a small wedding in a park, lots of green trees, leaves, etc. That kind of decided our color scheme (apple green, ivory, black, with a touch of cobalt blue) and theme (botanical, mostly plants not a lot of flowers). there is a beautiful little park in my hometown (very secluded, private, with a beautiful staircase, a stream, little bridges, etc). FI looooooves weeping willow trees and there was a huge one right by the stream that we were going to get married under.
So my mom texted me yesterday afternoon to let me know that they drove past the park and a big storm friday night brought our tree down. Not just damaged, completely wiped out.
I know it's not the end of the world and there are plenty of other places in the park for the ceremony, but it's the place where I'd been imagining saying, "I do" for 7 months now...
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. ~Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally