Reemerging after the Ceremony

A word about the day of the ceremony: You need to be ready (as in hair and make-up—not wearing your dress) when you go to the temple. You aren't asked to come an hour early to give you time to get ready at the temple. Give yourself plenty of time to get ready at home. I mean a lot of time. You don’t want to feel rushed and pushed. If it takes you a half hour normally, (and if it does, good job you!) give yourself at least an hour. You should change into your dress at the temple, but other than that you need to be ready.

Don’t keep your guests waiting for an extended period of time at the temple before or after the ceremony. One bride recently told me, she took so long to appear after the ceremony that the temple workers began to fear something had happened to her and so had many guests in an uproar of fear by the time they tracked her down. Don’t plan to ready yourself again after the ceremony (except to change if need be). People will be waiting for you. Just quickly put away the sacred clothing, change your dress, and come straight out.  I have literally waited over an hour for the bride to re-emerge after the ceremony, and she looked exactly the same as when I had just seen her. You look beautiful! Now, get out there.