“I felt so blessed to have them all here, so I wanted them to be involved too,” the bride told HuffPost.
As a big, special day in your life, wedding is not only the start of a new chapter in your life with your new spouse—but it’s also an opportunity to celebrate with your friends and family, the loved ones who raised you and helped get you to this point.
That is the reason why it’s a special custom to give some of your loved ones positions of honor in the ceremony, like the maid of honor or the best man, to showcase how important these people are to you.
The position of the “flower girl” is usually assigned to young girls—nieces or young family members of the couple—but one new bride decided to do something differently. Accordingly, this wedding had a whole lot of flower power, thanks to the couple’s not one, not two, not three, but four grandmas who acted as flower girls on the big day.
Lyndsey Raby, the Tennessee-based bride, was engaged and had her wedding date set for September 22, 2019, asked her two grandmothers, her great-grandmother, and her new husband Tanner’s grandmother to be co-flower girls for her big day
“I knew as soon as I was engaged I wanted to involve my grandmothers,” the bride, who tied the knot at Ocoee Crest in Benton, Tennessee, told HuffPost. “I felt so blessed to have them all here so I wanted them to be involved too.”
The quartet of grannies included 90-year-old Kathleen Brown, 70-year-old Joyce Raby, 76-year-old Wanda Grant, and 72-year-old Betty Brown. They all stepped up to the plate, wearing matching blue lace dresses with jackets. The quartet of grannies carried little white bags filled with white rose petals to scatter down the aisle at the wedding ceremony, which was held at Ocoee Crest in Benton, Tennessee.
Wedding photographer Natalie Caho captured a selection of touching images from the big day, which show all the flower girls are beaming with joy.
“When Lyndsey told me she was having her grandmothers as her flower girls, I was not expecting the level of sass that these girls brought!” Caho told Insider.
“Their energy all day was that of a little girl who is in the same position and they had so much fun all day being such a big part of Lyndsey’s day and sharing the spotlight with her.
“It truly just goes to show that age is just a number.”
“Most girls are lucky to even have one grandmother present,” Caho told HuffPost. “And the fact that [Lyndsey] had four was a big deal that she wanted to savor.”
The bride recommends letting your elders be a special part of your ceremony: “It means so much to them and it will mean so much more to you,” Lyndsey said.
“I do believe they were more excited than my bridesmaids.”
References: insider.com, huffingtonpost.co.uk, en.newsner.com
