LOVE.

I hope by now you've realized that I LOVE what I do.

I LOVE meeting newly engaged couples as they tour our property.

I LOVE meeting with families to help in the decision process.

I LOVE learning more about each couple - seeing them interact and hearing them tell me about how they met and how they got engaged.

I LOVE planning all the details with them.

I LOVE getting to know their parents.

I LOVE being able to comfort them in the months before their wedding when they can't see just how it will all come together. (And I LOVE knowing that it will.)

I LOVE seeing the brides and grooms on their wedding day when all the worries fade and they have faith that we will take care of them.

I LOVE being there for them on the day of their wedding.

That's why it's so hard. It's hard on weekends like these. When I have three amazing weddings, and I am not able to be here for them.

I know that each bride wishes I could be here; to congratulate and hug her when she arrives, to celebrate her marriage, to see how amazing the ballroom looks and how every detail was worth it, and to witness just how beautiful she is on her wedding day.

But what she doesn't know is that when I can't be here on those days, it's always harder on me.