• Being a Southern girl at heart, I love learning about traditions surrounding weddings that hail from the southern states! This is one of my favorites I’ve seen so far: the bride and groom bury a bottle of whiskey a month (or year!) before their wedding close by to the place where they’ll be married. Superstition holds that by doing this, it wards off bad weather for your wedding day! They dig up the bottle during their reception and pass it around for guests to toast with! Have you heard of any other cool or interesting wedding traditions? #melissabarrickphotography #loveletterbrides
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    Being a Southern girl at heart, I love learning about traditions surrounding weddings that hail from the southern states! This is one of my favorites I’ve seen so far: the bride and groom bury a bottle of whiskey a month (or year!) before their wedding close by to the place where they’ll be married. Superstition holds that by doing this, it wards off bad weather for your wedding day! They dig up the bottle during their reception and pass it around for guests to toast with! Have you heard of any other cool or interesting wedding traditions? #melissabarrickphotography #loveletterbrides
  • I miss my spring and summer full of weddings 🥺 happy people, generous laughter, and endless romance. I’ll be so happy when we can all be together again ❤️ #melissabarrickphotography #loveletterbrides
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    I miss my spring and summer full of weddings 🥺 happy people, generous laughter, and endless romance. I’ll be so happy when we can all be together again ❤️ #melissabarrickphotography #loveletterbrides
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  • Life is but a dream. That’s exactly what life feels like right now - a dream. We wake up in the midst of a global pandemic, in a country filled to the brim with the wide range of opportunity, misfortune, wealth, fear, trials, loss and hate. My heart has been heavy with the news over the last few days (MONTHS!), and I don’t have any of the right words to say to express what I’m feeling. BUT, I do know this to be true, to the very core of my being: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” - John 16:33. We don’t know God’s plan for the state of the world right now, but I DO know that my God is bigger than all of it. Bigger than the virus, bigger than hate-filled people, bigger than systemic problems of race, bigger than the economy and bigger than fear. For now, I pray. I teach my kids to pray, and I show them how to love and respect others. For now, peace be with you ❤️ #melissabarrickphotography
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    Life is but a dream. That’s exactly what life feels like right now - a dream. We wake up in the midst of a global pandemic, in a country filled to the brim with the wide range of opportunity, misfortune, wealth, fear, trials, loss and hate. My heart has been heavy with the news over the last few days (MONTHS!), and I don’t have any of the right words to say to express what I’m feeling. BUT, I do know this to be true, to the very core of my being: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” - John 16:33. We don’t know God’s plan for the state of the world right now, but I DO know that my God is bigger than all of it. Bigger than the virus, bigger than hate-filled people, bigger than systemic problems of race, bigger than the economy and bigger than fear. For now, I pray. I teach my kids to pray, and I show them how to love and respect others. For now, peace be with you ❤️ #melissabarrickphotography
  • Happy weekend! As much as I’m enjoying not rushing off to a wedding on Saturday mornings, I still really miss shooting sessions! Tomorrow morning, I have time for TWO Front Porch Sessions in Southern Maryland! Quick, easy, contact-free, and you can even include pajamas (which, let’s be honest, just get worn until lunch time!) and your morning coffee 😴 DM me if you want a spot! #melissabarrickphotography #loveletterfamilies #frontporchproject
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    Happy weekend! As much as I’m enjoying not rushing off to a wedding on Saturday mornings, I still really miss shooting sessions! Tomorrow morning, I have time for TWO Front Porch Sessions in Southern Maryland! Quick, easy, contact-free, and you can even include pajamas (which, let’s be honest, just get worn until lunch time!) and your morning coffee 😴 DM me if you want a spot! #melissabarrickphotography #loveletterfamilies #frontporchproject