May 1st, 2010… flood. Wow, what a day! Ann and I started this wedding day like any other wedding day. Rain… well that sucks but hey! We have lights and we’ll be all good
I was having lunch with my husband in Cool Springs and all of the sudden the tornado sirens start going off… oh this is lovely. Ann calls and says “let’s go ahead and meet at the church so we are there and ready to go”. I leave and head towards the church only to get a frantic call about 15 mins later from Ann going a little something like this: “um… yea… so we are stuck here at American Signature… the water is waist deep and we can’t go anywhere… the cops have everything blocked off… I don’t think I’m going to make it to the wedding… Me: “…….breath……. Ok… you can handle this, you’ve done weddings on your own before… no problem! oh sh**, Ann has the lights!!” Oh… dear… Luckily, the church was amazing and had the best lighting, so yours truly didn’t NEED lights! Thank you Jesus! Needless to say, Amanda and Mike were a little frazzled that day. The wedding started 45 mins late, a groomsmen from out of town was caught in the flood (he made it half way through the ceremony and hopped on stage) , oh and did I mention it was POURING and FLOODING outside?? Luckily, even though I may have been a little frazzled myself inside, I hide it very well, and was able to keep everyone calm Once things got started everything went without a hitch! The day couldn’t have gone any better with everything that was going on outside. After the ceremony I got a call from Ann… she had made it out of American Signature safely and was at the reception site! YAY! I had my partner back!! The reception was at Journey in the Factory at Franklin… now it’s my turn to get stuck I left before the limo did. I was making my way down Franklin Rd and of course it was closed off at MacHatcher… so I went down Hillsboro rd… closed at Del Rio… hmmm… “Mrs. Officer lady… is there any way I can get to the factory for a wedding??” Mrs. Officer lady “is the wedding still on??” Uh yea.. yes it is So I’m on the phone with the limo people the whole time saying “you can’t go this way.. let me check this.. oh… nope… you can’t go that way either!!” We finally made it down Liberty pike about 2 hours lateThe reception was great! Everyone was having a blast and you never would have known all the chaos that went on earlier in the day. Amanda looked absolutely beautiful in her gown from Faccio and Mike made one handsome groom! They were so happy together, dancing, laughing, signing… it really was a great wedding. Unfortunately we weren’t able to get our beloved outside photos so we are going to do a couple’s session with them next week. I can’t wait to see them again and let Ann have her much needed bride and groom time!! xo
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