Reflection Paper About Wedding Day

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“I want a marriage more beautiful than my wedding.” I want you to think about how your dream wedding would be like. How would you like to remember your big day? My wedding day will forever be memorable for my family, children, husband and I. On January 1, 2015 at around 9:00 p.m. we checked into the Burnham Hotel, in Chicago just one block away from the Dailey Center. As we entered our room 1202, we quickly noticed that the hotel had showered us with some great gifts, and a bottle of Champaign set in a bucket of ice, included a congratulations card stating, “Congrats on your wedding day what a way to start your year.” I thought it was nice and thoughtful gift from the hotel. The next day I woke up around 4:00 a.m. to get ready. Hopeful …show more content…

I was elegantly dressed in a beige blouse, with black dress pants and a black trench coat with UGG boots to keep warm. As we waited outside in 36-degree cold and windy weather between a revolving door, suddenly two security guard approached us and began to questions us on why were we waiting outside in the cold. My brother in law explained that I wanted to be the first couple to get married for the year 2015. We continued to as questions on what time the building opens for the day. The guards said, “These doors will not open until 9:00 am but take the stairs down where the trains arrive those doors will open at 8:00 a.m.” We quickly made our way down the stairs; we noticed that there were two ways to enter the building, so my brother-in-law walked over to the other side to check if the doors were open. Eventually my groom arrived just in time as the guards opened my side of the doors. As we walked down the hall holding hands, we surprisingly realized we were the first couple in line to get married. Within an hour an employee from the Cook County Clerk’s office came out to officially congratulate us on being the first couple to get married today by the Cook County Clerk …show more content…

Before you realize it, we had five news crew interviewing my groom and I, while another crew were interviewing my mother in law, kids, and sister-in-law. After a brief interview we were allowed in so we could sign our marriage license. In the background all you can hear is the clicks and flashes from the news cameras going off because they all wanted to capture the moment as we signed our marriage license. Once the paper work was finalized, David Orr and his staff escorted us up an elevator to his office. As we happily walked down a short hall, I realized my daughter had forgotten to bring my heels. The news crews followed us and wanted to ride the elevator with us. Once we made it upstairs the clerk’s secretary gave us our gifts: a bright green and white fresh flower bouquet, lime rose boutonniere, $100 lettus entertainment gift card, and tickets to a comedy show with a two-night stay at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. The final perk was being married live on TV. I said, once we are officially married can we just go through the back door and skip the live TV? The secretary began to laugh. After patiently waiting we were finally called into David

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