[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/letter-from-the-editor-spring-2011\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/letter-from-the-editor-spring-2011\/","headline":"Letter From the Editor Spring 2011","name":"Letter From the Editor Spring 2011","description":"New Beginnings \u201cNothing is so beautiful as spring,\u201d wrote poet Gerard Manley Hopkins in 1918. Though there\u2019s certainly an argument for every season\u2019s beauty, spring...","datePublished":"2010-03-20","dateModified":"2021-06-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/header_letterfromtheeditor.gif","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/header_letterfromtheeditor.gif","height":51,"width":301},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/letter-from-the-editor-spring-2011\/","about":["In This Issue"],"wordCount":466,"articleBody":" New Beginnings \u201cNothing is so beautiful as spring,\u201d wrote poet Gerard Manley Hopkins in 1918. Though there\u2019s certainly an argument for every season\u2019s beauty, spring offers a decidedly different point of view from all the rest. It rings of new beginnings\u2014with the blooms of trees and flowers taking the gardens and parks by storm, baby animals and birds coming into the world and even in your own home with a deep spring cleaning of your cluttered drawers and closets. Planning a spring wedding is perfect for the theme of beginning anew, for it is the occasion of your wedding that you and your beloved are starting a new life together. To help you in your planning, we\u2019ve gathered some of the hottest trends for spring weddings, from flowers and color palettes to fashion for both men and women. This season\u2019s all about bright hues and lightweight fabrics\u2014find your perfect shade and shape in our pages. In this issue, we highlight four wonderful couples who all recently started their life together as a married unit. Each love story is uniquely special. Brittney and Kara inspire us with their use of family members as officiates of their wedding, making the ceremony all the more personal. P-Jaye and Yolanda teach us with their private wedding weekend that sometimes you\u2019ve just got to put everyone else\u2019s feelings aside and take care of your needs as a couple. The love between adorable New Yorkers Alison and Irene is enviable, and they planned a well-suited wedding day to match their fun personalities. And we\u2019re just unabashedly drooling about Jason and Eric\u2019s no-holds-barred Napa nuptials. Also in our latest publication is Dr. Loren A. Olson\u2019s candid recollection of planning his own gay wedding\u2014and how his grandchildren reacted\u2014in an excerpt from his new book, Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight. Dr. Olson\u2019s honesty is refreshing\u2014as his family\u2019s. It\u2019s not always about changing people\u2019s perceptions of what it means to be gay or planning a gay wedding, but rather just allowing the important people in your lives to prove to you that they will stand by you and love you no matter what. And sometimes, all that really matters is will there be cake? Whatever stage you\u2019re at in your wedding planning, we\u2019re excited to be able to help you. Got a question not covered in our magazine or website? Drop us a line anytime! Please let us know what you think of our Spring issue at kpalladino (at) equallywed (dot) com. And send us links to your wedding photos. We want to share in your joy! And who knows? You just might be chosen for a future Real Weddings feature. Kirsten PalladinoEditor in Chief"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Letter From the Editor Spring 2011","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/letter-from-the-editor-spring-2011\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]