09/29/2025
If you had asked me at any point in the last 15 years what my dream job was, I wouldn’t have hesitated: ✨Wedding Coordinator✨ I just never thought I’d actually do it.
Back in college, I even applied for a wedding coordination internship in Lafayette. I’ve followed planners, blogs, and bridal magazines for years, not just casually but with total fascination. The beauty, the logistics, the emotions, the people- I’ve always been drawn to it. And I’ve long admired the calm confidence and creativity of planners like Mindy Weiss.
Still, I took a different path. I earned my degree and spent over 12 years in marketing, a career I truly enjoyed. And throughout those years, I found myself coordinating events of all kinds: conferences and expos with 700+ attendees, intimate workshops, multi-day training events, and everything in between. I got to work on events often, and every time, it lit a fire in me. It was like a reminder: “Hey, this dream still matters.”
I lived in spreadsheets and timelines, vendor calls and signage layouts. And every time I walked into a room we had planned and watched it come to life, I felt this quiet joy rise up.
When my daughter was born, I stepped away from the working world to be home with her. Just a few months in, I realized I wasn’t meant to stay home full-time. I missed the work I loved, and I missed the feeling of being in my element.
All along, my husband and brother-in-law had been encouraging me to go for it, to stop calling this a dream and start treating it like something real.
And here I am.
Looking back, I see how every step, every event I coordinated in my marketing career, every detail I obsessed over, every team I led, was preparing me for this. I didn't know it then, but I was being equipped the whole time.
What a gift it is to wake up and do the thing I once only dreamed about. 🥹
