MFM: Bombing survivor finds silver lining after having to postpone wedding

Brides are having to move their weddings due to the coronavirus outbreak.

ITAFTER MONTHS..

SOMETIMES AYEAR OF PLANNING..

THE LASTTHING BRIDES WANT TO DO ISSTART ALL OVER.

BUT ERIKABRANNOCKBOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS &KNOWS ADVERSITY..

AND SHE HASA MESSAGE FOR OTHER BRIDES INA SIMILAR SITUATION.

NATS:01━:07“Thank you for calling.the Knot and Wedding Wire havepartnered in offering thishotlin” A DEDICATED HOTLINEFOR FRANTIC BRIDES TOLD TO PUTTHEIR WEDDINGS ON HOLD“wewill be replying to allvoicemails in 24 hour” ERIKABRANNOCKWEEKENDDECISION A FEW WEEKS AGO TOMOVE IT BACK SEVERAL MONTHSERIKA BRANNOCK, BRIDE: 3:24 ashard as it was for me toaccept the fact that I wasngoing to get married on thedate that I originally picked,I know that itoption for us right now.

A lotof our guests are eitherolder, or have compromisedimmune systems so that becamea really big concern for meand I didnhealth at risk:23 FORTUNATELY━ HER VENUE AND VENDORS HAVEBEEN ACCOMMODATING..

BUT SOTHINGS YOU JUST CANEB: 5:17 Wedding favors haveMarch 28th, 2020.

Wewedding gifts that say likeour hashtag is Getting Moonedbecause my fiancéis Moon so we had hashtaggetting mooned on march 28,2020 so weis going to be a funny storylater on I guess: 20 FORBRANNOCK━ THIS IS ACELEBRATION OF NOT ONLY HERLOVE..

BUT HOW FAR SHE'S COMEAND THE SUPPORT SHE'S RECEIVEDFROM STEVEN AFTER LOSING HERLEG AND ALMOST HER LIFE IN THE2013 BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS.BRANNOCKANY BRIDE WOULD BESAYS ITREMEMBER THAT ITTO HAPPEN EB: 6:28 My advicewould be to remember how solidyou guys are and that youdoing this to get married,itAND AS A CONSOLATIONGUESTS WILL NOW BE ABLE TOATTEND HER SPECIAL DAY.

EB:9:50 The woman that saved mylife, Amanda Norris, wasngoing to be able to come onthe 28th and I was devastatedabout that.

I couldngetting married and not havingthe woman who saved my lifethere.

So now that weto push it back and we canwait until everyone is safeand healthy, she can be thereTHE KNOT HAS A GUIDE ON STEPSTO TAKE WHEN POSTPONING YOURWEDDING.

FIRSTVENDORS KNOW ABOUT YOURDECISION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.READ THROUGH YOUR CONTRACTS TOKNOW WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE INREGARDS TO REFUNDS SEE WHATWEDDING INSURANCE WILL COVER,IF YOU HAVE IT COME UP WITH APLAN ON HOW TO NOTIFY YOURGUESTS AND STILL FIND A WAY TOCELEBRATE THE DAY..

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