#unwedding

I was supposed to get married today (2nd May) to my beloved @vix_the_star. We weren't going to let it get us down. Instead we changed out of our lockdown baggy clothes, and decided to create some wedding style photos from home. I introduce to you, our Unwedding Day photoshoot! Photo 1: exchanging of the "rings" Photo 2: close up of "rings". They were very tasty and eaten straight after the photo was taken Photo 3: the Mothers of the Brides getting very weepy at the wedding (Vix's mother is quite short, my mother is always cold #comedy) Photo 4: cutting of the cake so there can be the important eating of the cake 🍰 Photo 5: silly cake toppers - wonder woman for vix as she is to me, and C3PO for me 'cause I am a robot Photo 6: a Carousel ride as we're really excited about that when the official wedding day comes 🎠 Photo 7 and 8: the dance floor is open! Show us your BIG moves (no lego figures were harmed during this photo shoot) Let us know what photos you would have recreated #Unwedding #lockdownwedding #mybeloved #legofigures #weddingphotoshoot #iregularchoiceshoes #girlswhomarrygirls https://www.instagram.com/p/B_tAyh9Hlo2/?igshid=fah0ufgwwpna

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Life in the time of plague, upheaval, and social isolation. It's hard. Many of us are feeling triggered, overwhelmed, alone, too close. In a crisis we cannot control old traumas and feelings of disempowerment intermingle with new fears and novel dangers. In turn we find ourselves triggered by one another's reactions to the chaos; anger; withdraw; distraction; or fear "Trauma impels people to both withdraw from close relationships and to seek them desperately." (Judith Herman). Negative feedback loops are quickly set into motion and are all the more difficult to halt when we are already struggling. Whatever our individual response(s) to the pandemic; courage; zeal; surrender; meltdown; cries for help; whatever; these responses are human and legitimate. You are human and legitimate. It's important we allow space for those experiences in ourselves and in others, not to invalidate by trying to control or curtail ourselves or others. I am learning this, again, but what always feels like for the first time. It is the hardest thing. I've got it wrong more times than I dare admit. We miss our friends, our family, our colleagues and community now more than ever. It is hard to allow silence when you need words or to listen when you feel that, what you supremely need, is silence. But it is only by opening a space for both (or neither) that everyone can be free to explore and construct their reactions, their meaning, alone, together. We all need space to process what is happening and, hopefully, to allow small pieces of magic to emerge amidst the ruins. It is, after all, the small glimpses of hope and wonder that keep us going and, like a path of crumbs, help us find our way back our of the forest. #alonetogether #socialisolation #covid19 #trauma #unwedding (at Clara Vale) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXM8FelgSR/?igshid=17pvntmhuh29z

The Unwedding Show: For Brides Who PARTY! . #unwedding #theunweddingshow #forbrideswhoparty #partybride #bridemaids #bridalparty #bridefashion #disco #weddingdj #weddingparty #love #fun #discoball #recommended (at Mile End Art Pavillion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3JWkMcjC5-/?igshid=dhymp8qqyb1j

The Unwedding Show: For Brides Who PARTY! . #unwedding #theunweddingshow #forbrideswhoparty #partybride #bridemaids #bridalparty #bridefashion #disco #weddingdj #weddingparty #love #fun #discoball #recommended (at Mile End Art Pavillion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3JWjc9D-6C/?igshid=p7me688ghki1

The Unwedding Show: For Brides Who PARTY! . #unwedding #theunweddingshow #forbrideswhoparty #partybride #bridemaids #bridalparty #bridefashion #disco #weddingdj #weddingparty #love #fun #discoball #recommended (at Mile End Art Pavillion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3JWh96DeX2/?igshid=ccttv3wkcem8

The Unwedding Show: For Brides Who PARTY! . #unwedding #theunweddingshow #forbrideswhoparty #partybride #bridemaids #bridalparty #bridefashion #disco #weddingdj #weddingparty #love #fun #discoball (at Mile End Art Pavillion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EVFbDDeuC/?igshid=1sbxikuxxl5p8

The Unwedding Show: For Brides Who PARTY! . Light up letters: @lockeandbusby Flowers: @myladygarden . #unwedding #theunweddingshow #forbrideswhoparty #partybride #bridemaids #bridalparty #bridefashion #disco #weddingdj #weddingparty #love #fun #discoball (at Mile End Art Pavillion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EVEIwDY1G/?igshid=gt8rxwgm4ozw