Ashley & Cole — A Black Tie Winter Wedding at Sky on Nine in Rosemont, Illinois
Ashley & Cole got married at Sky on Nine in Rosemont, Illinois — and I've been thinking about their grandmother's handwritten letter ever since.
It was tucked into the details flat lay. Folded, worn at the creases, written in the kind of cursive that doesn't exist anymore. Twelve rules for a marriage — no caveats, no asterisks. Just the truth, distilled down by someone who'd actually lived it.
Save Grandma’s Marriage Advice
'Marriage Wisdom'
1 — Don’t ever both get angry at the same time.
2 — Never talk at one another, either alone or in company.
3 — Never speak loudly to one another unless the house is on fire.
4 — Never find fault unless it is perfectly certain there has been a fault; always speak lovingly.
5 — Never taunt about a mistake.
6 — Never make remarks at the expense of one another; it is a meanness.
7 — Never part for a day without loving words to think of during absence.
8 — Never meet without loving welcome.
9 — Never let the sun go down upon any anger.
10 — Never let any fault you have made go by without having confessed it and asked forgiveness.
11 — Never forget the happy hours of early love.
12 — Never sigh over what might have been, but make the best of what is.”
Paying attention is the whole point of what I do. And that piece of paper — that was the whole day in one frame.
Welcome to 2025, Mr. & Mrs. Ryals.
Dream Team: Venue: Sky on Nine Florist: Bling in the Barn Videographer: Dual Frames DJ: DJ Heisenberg Calligrapher: Calligraphy by CT
