What can I do to make mom feel special the day of?

Re: What can I do to make mom feel special the day of?

• MairePoppy mod

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  You should ask your mom what she would like to do.
  
  Here are some suggestions:
  If you don't have your dress yet, bring her with you to shop. Or ask if you can go along when she shops for her dress. Invite her to get ready with you the morning of the wedding. Or take her for a spa day or lunch for just the two of you before your wedding day.  Get the moms corsages. You could have both parents walk you down the aisle, even though they are divorced. Ask her to do a reading during the ceremony. Or you could have a mother/daughter dance at the the recepiton.
  
  

                     

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• Muffin'sMom

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  I cannot imagine why she would feel that way.  I did not feel left out at all...it was an amazing day surrounded by the people I love.  I don't need anything else to feel special.

  My baby girl is a married woman...and now my baby girl HAS a baby girl. Time unfolds in such an amazing way. I've been blessed!

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• ootmother2 member

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_moms-maids_can-mom-feel-special-day-of?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:357Discussion:71d28e9d-1032-4548-b5f0-64b92ffe2dbcPost:ffae94dd-5d0f-46a7-8d22-ec27f04b551f">What can I do to make mom feel special the day of?</a>:
  [QUOTE]Hi all, At a bridal meeting at our venue yesterday, my mom passed a comment that moms are general left out the day of the wedding since the bridal party and dad tend to be the most important people. I don't want her to feel left out of the celebration because without her, I wouldn't be where I am today. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to make her feel special and honored that day, without stepping on the toes of my dad (they are divorced)? Any help is appreciated!! Holly
  Posted by hollylindberg85[/QUOTE]
  
  My daughter & I spent the 5 days before the wedding at a suite at the CC where the reception was held.  We did take care of the last few details for the wedding but she also took me out for a spa day.  We went out to lunch and dinner and
  talked about all the things we had done together.  Her dad & I are divorced so she grew up mostly with just me.
  
  It was a Catholic wedding so she asked me to bring up the gifts, a part of the mass.  I felt very honored by that also. We'd done all the shopping for gowns together and had great fun with that.
  
  She gave me a lovely silver frame with a special poem engraved on one side and a picture of the two of us together on the other side.  I loved that!
  
  and she always said Thank You, so that's important too !
  
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• enbraun member

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  I am doing a mother daughter dance with my Mom   I can't wait!
  
  Also, in regards to having her walk you down the aisle with your dad... a lot of mom's dream of watching their daughter's walk down the aisle.

  
  
  
  
  

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• ElisabethJoanne member

  

  August 2011 edited December 2011

  I've seen a few MOBs who didn't seem to know what was going on, didn't have anyone to talk to, etc. I plan to counter this by 1) doing what you're already doing, including my mother in as much of the decision-making as possible, 2) making sure she knows and understands the day-of timeline, and 3) asking people who may be more at ease among the guests to make sure she always has someone to talk to.

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