This was a really interesting photo shoot that I took to document a wedding of two of my closest friends. The bride-to-be chose the location, which is actually all of her childhood home in South Jersey. One of the highlights of the wedding was the couple’s wedding cake, which was designed by the bride herself.
I love weddings. Not only because of the cake, but the ceremony and reception itself. It’s an incredibly beautiful thing to witness. I get to be a part of it, and that includes the cake.
The cake is actually a tribute to my best friend (and now fiance) who was killed in a car accident several years ago. The cake itself is pretty basic, but it really ties together the two of our lives.
The cake is a reminder of our time together and the time we shared. It’s a reminder that, although we are so far apart, we really were friends. A wedding cake is a way to remember a life that will eventually end.
I don’t have to mention the cake if it’s not important. It is just so gorgeous to look at. It really does make you feel like you’re a part of something beautiful. But it’s also because it’s the one thing I’ve never, ever been able to do. So now I can.
With the exception of this cake, the last time I cut a cake for a friend, it was for a wedding. I was just so sad that this was my last one. After I cut the cake, I turned to the couple across the table and said, “How do you like your cake?” “Oh, I love it,” they replied. And then I realized, I was just doing this for myself.
But it also tells you how much you have to give to someone you care about. The fact that you care about something so much is the reason that you keep it up. You have to be willing to give it up for something or anything.
If you stop giving, then you stop caring. If you have to give so much of yourself to a person who is doing this to you, then you will probably never love them again.
If you want to get a new car and you haven’t driven it in over a year, you probably won’t feel the same way about the car as you do now. If you have to give so much of yourself to a person who has done this to you, then you probably won’t ever love them again.
A lot of people ask me about sex and I tell them to just stop it. It’s a lie. Just stop giving it up. It’s not worth it. It’s not worth giving up your integrity, your self-esteem, your self-image, whatever you call it. It’s not worth giving up. Just give it up. It’s not worth it. Don’t give it up.
