The day Ava called me screaming that she was engaged, I burst with excitement. Since middle school, we\u2019d been best friends\u2014sharing secrets, swapping dreams, and navigating life\u2019s messiest moments side by side. So when she asked for my help planning her wedding, I didn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019d do without you, Chloe,\u201d she said, hugging me after our fourth dress appointment. We\u2019d finally found the gown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what best friends are for,\u201d I said\u2014and I meant it.<\/p>\n
Over the next nine months, I became Ava\u2019s unofficial wedding planner. When her photographer nearly backed out over a payment issue, I quietly transferred $500 from my savings to keep the booking. When her mom canceled hosting the bridal shower because it was \u201ctoo stressful,\u201d I stepped in and threw a garden party that had guests talking for weeks.<\/p>\n
I stayed on the phone with Ava during 2 a.m. meltdowns about napkin colors and flower budgets. I reassured her through every spiral of wedding stress.<\/p>\n
Through it all, Ava knew I\u2019d been with Mark for three years. She\u2019d celebrated when he proposed three months earlier and even helped me pick through bridal magazines for my own upcoming ceremony.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so happy we\u2019re doing this together,\u201d she told me once over coffee. \u201cYou\u2019ll see all my mistakes before your big day!\u201d<\/p>\n
So when she gave me a plus-one, I was thankful but not surprised. Mark and I had been looking forward to the celebration.<\/p>\n
The morning of her wedding was sunny and crisp. Mark looked incredible in his charcoal suit. I wore the burgundy dress Ava had specifically approved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The day Ava called me screaming that she was engaged, I burst with excitement. Since middle school, we\u2019d been best friends\u2014sharing secrets, swapping dreams, and navigating life\u2019s messiest moments side by side. So when she asked for my help planning her wedding, I didn\u2019t hesitate. \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019d do without you, Chloe,\u201d she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5576,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5574\/revisions\/5576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timeshow.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}