You guys remembered 3 years ago I wrote how I hated weddings (http://lesuongmai.blogspot.com/2008/04/engagements-and-weddings_1789.html). Never would I have imagined myself starting a wedding business like this! Even now, people often joke that I must have it all planned out how my wedding would be like in the future. But guess what? I have never really thought about it. For me, having a beautiful wedding is not as important as having a good relationship and a beautiful marriage. I wouldn’t care less if I don’t have a wedding at all or if I marry a penniless guy.
The reason I started a wedding planning company was a long story. I thought I was on my way to reaching my ambitions working for top consulting and financial firms. I should have been happy. However, after a while, I started to wonder what was this all for? Was it worth being a corporate slave working long hours for the extra pay and the pride? I wanted to do something meaningful, and to be in control of my life. So that in the future, when I have my own family, I might not be so successful or rich, but I could have the flexibility to spend time taking care of my children, picking them up from school, cooking for my family. And so that’s how WedinStyle was founded.
You know, when people asked me what it feels like to be a wedding planner and what gives me most pleasure in my job. I almost always joked, “It’s a business. I feel happy when getting a deal and earning money.” But of course it’s not true. Each time couples come into our office, most of the time, what I notice most is the way the groom looks at the bride. I could see the love and happiness in his eyes. He was going to marry the girl he loves and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. That’s what makes me happy. To witness two people in love and finally starting their lives together.
The other day I rushed from the airport to a wedding we were organizing. I was tired and sad and thought “Oh no, I have no get through another one”. But when I got to the venue, everything inside me changes. Our staff has transformed an ugly venue into an amazingly beautiful wedding. It was like walking into a fairy tale. All the fatigue and negative thoughts vanished. It helped reminded me what I was here for, and the purpose of my work. To help two people with the most special day of their lives.
I sometimes contact our past clients to ask how they are. And I am delighted to see that all our couples are living happily together.
As the fairy tales say “And they live happily ever after”…
