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March 30, 2008 01:56 AM EDT (Updated: November 25, 2008 03:30 PM EST)

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MY WEDDING TIARA!! In planning my wedding outfit (the outfit for the cerimony Walker and I are going to have in a few months, since we ELOPED and no one was here that we knew), I was very careful to make it as PERSONAL as possible. I refused a veil or anything that COVERED my head, because I did not like the Bible verse about a woman covering her head as a symbol of her submission to her husband. On the other hand, I liked the look of some kind of "decoration," and my head piece was just one more way to be creative. Here's how I did it. The tiara represents the fact that only my hair is slightly decorated. My head will not be covered. the jewelled look of the tiara blows a hole in the whole modest woman thing. I am not a vain woman, but I didn't want to look like a woman who was about to submit to her husband either, so I decided to choose something rather flashy. Besides, if I draw ATTENTION TO MY HEAD, won't that show that I am my own head? The HEART represents one love (one heart, one love), and is also very very DANISH. Hearts are very important in Danish culture. That single Danish heart that represents one loe is also in memory of Mormor and Morfar (my Danish maternal grandparents) who met 70 years ago in '38, married in '41, and died in '04 and '07 respectively. From the time they met until they were parted by death was 66 years, their marriage lasted 63 years. What better representation of a new marriage than a heart placed in a prominent place, representing a marriage made in Heaven, and continuing in Heaven? Also, Morfar always called me his "Little Princess" so I think a tiara is quite fitting. The rest of my outfit will be in red, an important colour in Denmark and in Canada, and also my favourite colour.

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