Into Everyone's Life a Little Rain Must Fall

04/30/2010



On Saturday April 24, 2010 I officially tied the knot with Mr. Derrick Brian Douglass and became Mrs. Yanice Douglass. I must say looking back the time leading up to the wedding as well as the wedding day was a whirlwind. There was so much planning that I felt needed to be done. From the rehearsal to the rehearsal dinner to the ceremony it was a bunch of planning. Derrick and I even took Waltz lessons for our 1st dance at the wedding reception. It is so funny how things work out. I learned a very great and valuable lesson. No matter how much you plan things will not necessarily turn out the way you plan them. I mean I must have gone over the wedding day a million times in my mind and everything turned out totally different than what we planned.

To begin, we arranged to have our wedding ceremony in Whitfield Square inside the gazebo. We had the rehearsal there and it was sunny and bright and wouldn’t you know the day of the ceremony it rained. I couldn’t believe it. All of the planning and preparation could not control the weather. We even looked at the weather ahead of time and it wasn’t supposed to rain on the wedding day. So with all of this in mind I decided to once again put my faith in God. Although it was supposed to be my day I was concerned about my friends and family. It was very important to me that they were able to enjoy this day as well. This is where God stepped in. The entire ceremony was no longer under my control but in the end it all worked out. The wedding planner ended up calling in a favor at a previous employer and we were able to have the ceremony in the Beautiful River Street Inn. There were some planners at the Square informing our guests that the ceremony location had been moved. It was amazing to see how smoothly things went even though the location was changed in a moment’s notice. God work to beautifully orchestrate this wonderful and blessed event. It was absolutely beautiful and intimate just like we wanted. It was everything we could have hoped and prayed for.

Furthermore, Derrick and I spent weeks practicing waltz for our 1st dance. It was so funny when it actually came down to our first dance we were not able to properly bustle my dress and I wasn’t able to waltz in my dress. That still didn’t stop the show. We did a few elegant moves and ended the dance with my sweetheart twirling me into his arms. It all worked out.

Another thing was me wanting to get some photos outside. Since it did rain during the ceremony we were not able to get the formal pictures with the wedding party after the ceremony but once the reception was over Derrick and I were able to get some awesome shots in Ellis Square by the fountain. It was wonderful. Looking around you couldn’t even tell that it rained that day. The sky cleared up and it was absolutely beautiful. So I did learn a very valuable lesson. We can do all of the planning in the world and that will not change that fact that in everyone’s life a little rain must fall. With this being said we must know even when the rain is falling God is working on our behalf to make everything work out for those that love him. God is always working behind the scenes. He knows what is best for us and he knows how to make things more beautiful than we could ever imagine or planned for. He is God.