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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>I think it all
depends.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Our wedding was filled with
family, friends, church acquaintances and lots of children. We are the
kind of people that have a large investment in the lives of kids and it was as
true when we were 19 and 20 as it is now at 44 and 46. We couldn't
imagine a wedding without children as that would have been foreign to
the way we lived our lives. So including children in our wedding party was
as much a part of who we were as what we were actually accomplishing that
day.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>So for you, the questions
include:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Are there special children
in your life that you would like to have be a part of the story of your
ceremony?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Are you the kind of people
that have children around you in general?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>How will it be if the
children in your ceremony garner more attention than your wife? Than the
words of the ceremony? (</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080
size=2>Will your ceremony be solemn and formal?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Lots of weddings are
kid-friendly and others don't even have kids invited at all. Neither is
right or wrong.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>So the real question is not
what do people think (there is a different opinion for every person who answers
your question), but what will <EM>your</EM> wedding be like?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Jeanene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>That poses a
question, though. What do people think of having children <BR>(flower girls
and ring bearers in particular) in the ceremony. I've been <BR>thinking about
weddings lately, and wondering what mine will be like. I <BR>don't think I
want children to be a part of the ceremony, but I'm open to <BR>it. What do
people think?<BR><BR>~Quama</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>