When a bride gets married, she is usually given away by her father. This is an old, old custom that needs a little updating for the 21st Century. In the olden days, the bride's husband was chosen by her father. He had made a deal with the father of the groom. It usually involved getting some land so that's how the word "husband" came about. A "husband" is a keeper of the land or farmer and the woman went with the land, so she was husbanded! Can you believe we still call the man a "husband" today? I think we need a new name - like Partner for Life or Significant Other or "My Man!" But what happens if the bride's father isn't in the picture, or he has passed? I have had bride's given away by: step-fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncles, grandfathers, children, bosses, best friend, and many have just walked alone down the aisle. Yesterday, I had a beautiful wedding at the ocean in Laguna Beach. The bride's father had passed and her step=father walked her down the aisle, but she had a beautiful flower memorial placed at the head of the aisle in remembrance of her Dad.
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