National/State Flowers of America (Part 1)

More than fourscore and seven years ago as the American founding fathers bound together their great states, visual ideas and symbolisms had to be agreed upon to properly represent the country as a whole. Bit by bit lawmakers beefed up their pride scale and pass these embellishments into law. Presently, the national flower of America [...]

Basics of Arranging a Bouquet

The first step to approach bouquet arrangement is, in believing that this can be done by either man or woman. This task is definitely not gender specific. There are many kinds of flowers, fillers, colors, and covering materials to choose from in building a bouquet, so just like any other skill, all it requires is [...]

Mother’s Day: How it all Began

Her-story begins in Greek myth and lore during its golden days. This was the time as the story tells the great titan Cronus and his wife Rhea ruled the universe. Their union birthed into the inhabitants of Mt. Olympus and therefore she is referred to as the mother of all Olympians. The Greeks honored her [...]

The Greeting Card: An Essential part of a Gift

A picture may paint a thousand words, but when combined with the right message makes the medium more potent. Research evidence shows that the ancient Egyptians on papyrus scrolls first sent glad tidings. The Chinese also were historically credited with such devices for exchanging greetings during New Year celebrations. By the 1400’s the German also [...]

The Role of Flowers in Weddings

Hundreds of colors and thousands of choices. Flowers may be simply be made up of carpels and stamens but last thing in the mind of a woman in preparing for her wedding day is simple. When the budget is available, an esteemed florist is attached to the decorating army not only for the chapel and [...]

The Role of the Best Man in Weddings

In the beginning, the ancient peoples lived in small tribes and nomadic in nature. Choosing a bride from within the confines of your own tribe often became a challenging feat so borders had to be crossed. Besides the often-short supply, maybe the familiarity also bred contempt. Choosing a bride soon meant picking from greener pastures, [...]

The Parts of a Traditional Wedding

I. Counseling For both spiritual and practical reasons it is advised the first part of the tradition is that you contact your parish priest for counseling six to nine months before your chosen wedding date. It is now a modern tradition these couples are required to enter a retreat, called differently from parish to parish [...]

The Role of the Godparents in Weddings

The origins of the role of godparents in weddings are directly related to the practice of baptism and confirmation. By the second century AD baptisms were accepted as spiritual and social purification of infants and secondary parents or “sponsors” would enact to speak the child’s part in the acceptance of God in life. This also [...]

Maintaining Long Distance Relationships

Being an online article, the first suggestion is to leverage the technology as suggested by www.improving-relationships.suite101.com. Emailing, chatting, online calls are the easiest of things to take advantage of nowadays. Just be very aware of the time differences, set a schedule and you’re good to go. Eddie Corbano is a self proclaimed breakup recovery coach [...]

Why Do We Celebrate Valentine’s Day?

The roots of Valentine’s Day can be traced back down to ancient Roman mythology for festivals honoring Gods and Goddesses for Women, Marriage and Fertility. On the top tier, we have Juno, said to be the Queen and mother of all Gods and Goddesses on Mt. Olympus. Her day was held on February 14. In [...]