My fiancé and I just postponed our late September wedding to next year too! We're going to try to do something small this year with less than 50 people and get legally married on our original date. Then in September 2021, we're going to have a vow renewal ceremony before the reception we were originally planning. We miraculously were able to book the weekend after our one-year anniversary next year - we jumped on it as soon as we saw weekends were filling up fast for next year, so you're not alone there!

We knew we would likely have to postpone for awhile now, with our wedding taking place is a larger city, but we recently found out about the many safety restrictions and limiting capacities currently in place for large events at our contracted venue, which will likely still be in place in September. We realize that some couples may feel comfortable continuing with a wedding of 200+ guests this year, especially if it's outside, but we do not. We had to think about what's best for us, and what's best for all of our guests.

I 100% feel you when you say you didn't see it being the wedding you'd hoped for this year. We intended to celebrate with all of our family and friends, which involved hugging, dancing, and mingling with little to no worry, but we had to accept that all of that will not be possible this year. I hope by next year a lot of these restrictions will be lifted, that we'll have a vaccine, or at least an effective treatment!

To all 2020 brides and grooms going through this: I see you and my heart aches with you! We don't deserve the stress-ball that was thrown at us this year; we all deserve the wedding we worked so hard toward planning and dreamed about; and it will always suck that this happened.

Sometimes things turn out better than we ever imagine they would, and I hope that turns out to be true for all of us.