Mother of the Bride Versus the Wedding Planner: A Lesson in Letting Go

From the ecstatic moment of my daughter’s engagement to her college sweetheart in October of 2021, I had a precise vision of how the wedding planning would go. Since Sophie, my first born of four, had declared in this Grown and Flown piece from 10 years ago that I was her most valuable asset in college, I assumed that my “most valuable asset” (MVA) status would naturally transfer to Sophie’s wedding planning.

As Sophie’s MOM and MVA, I would of course be the person who would co-plan everythin...