Everyone knows me as the Editor-In-Chief of The Bride and Bloom magazine where I provide wedding information and inspiration to tens-of-thousands of brides on the newsstands every quarter; but now I am my sister-in-law’s MAID OF HONOR (well, really Matron of Honor). My sister-in-law is getting married this Summer to a wonderful guy and I have been honored to be asked to be her right-hand-gal!

I have never been a Matron of Honor (or Maid of Honor); this will be a NEW EXPERIENCE for me. The last time I was a bridesmaid was in my early 20’s, so I am going to need all the help I can get!!! I don’t want to become a Type-A BRIDESMAID-ZILLA where I over-step my boundaries, nor do I want to be completely unhelpful and too busy to make time for the bride. I have been a bride once in my life and that was in 2001 to my best friend, my husband. I had 2 Maids of Honor and 4 bridesmaids along with a gamut of personalities and skin tones (all the way from African American, Asian, Indian and pale-pale Irish). I remember some of my girls were beyond helpful, some I could not believe their attitudes and some were neither here nor there. I know what kind of support a bride needs and I don’t want to make the same mistakes that often times a bridesmaids makes unknowingly.

I am beyond excited and now I am trying to figure out where I should start on being that right-hand-gal. I think I am going to ease into the role by watching 27 Dresses with Katherine Heigl. I never got a chance to catch this movie on the big screen, so I am looking forward to having a date night with my husband and watching this chick flick. It should be fun!

I PROMISE over the course of the next several months I will be supportive and helpful to my sister-in-law and her wedding in whatever areas that she needs assistance in. To keep me accountable, I am going to open a part of my personal life and MOH journey with you. I hope to get some good advice along the way from everyone. This will be a fun read through the eyes of me, the Editor-In-MOH!