Choosing a wedding party should be the easiest part of wedding planning. The maid of honor and the best man are the easy part. Then you have the groomsmen, the most important friends of the groom, and of course, the most important ladies in the bride’s life make up the bridesmaids. After that friends and family pretty much know their role for the big day. Another staple wedding party member is the flower girl and ring bearer that usually goes to the cutest niece, nephew, or cousin in the family, but what happens when there aren’t any little kids to fill the position? Give it to the grandmas of course!

Non-traditional weddings are becoming more and more popular and having grandmothers throw flower petals down the aisle instead of toddlers is one of those non-traditional aspects that is catching on everywhere. This option started from a couple choosing grandma as flower girl since they didn’t have any girls in the family, and they didn’t want the wedding to go on without one. The position as even been dubbed flower gram. In nearly every instance of flower grams on Facebook, the ladies have been absolutely elated and just as adorable as any 4- year old walking down the aisle.

Georgiana Arlt, a 92- year old grandma was absolutely thrilled to be in her granddaughter Abby’s wedding. She may not have captured as much attention as the bride on her big day, but the guests whistled and cheered as she threw her petals, still clutching her walker, adorned with flowers and decorated for the big day. It had been nearly 70 years since she was in a wedding and she was excited about the invitation to this one. Then later confessed that the last wedding she was in was her own.

“Me and my husband didn’t have any kids in the family to be the flower girls, so we asked our grandmothers. When we got home my grandma said to me ‘Best day of my life’ and I said ‘Me too.'” posted another bride on the Love What Matters Facebook page. The post was shared over 6,000 times and has over 3,000 comments ranging from ooh’s and aw’s to people telling stories of their own grandmothers being the flower girl in their weddings with photos to follow. Nearly everyone was in agreement that this trend needs to stick around, and inspire more brides to think about who is going to make the day more memorable and maybe pick their own grandmothers as flower girls, or even matrons of honor.

This flower gram is a great trend. It’s one thing to be thankful for being around long enough to see all your children and grandchildren grow up and be married off, let alone be included in their big day as more than just a guest. in every one of these stories you can see how much joy it brought these grannies to walk down the aisle for their grandkids. It just goes to show that we’re all kids at heart and never too old to play the role of flower girl.

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Source: lovewhatmatters.com