Nine Years Later: Why I'm Back, and Why It Matters More Now

Nine years ago, I closed the laptop on Weddings N Style without really meaning to. Life had already been moving fast — I was a wife, a young mum, learning what it really meant to build a home. Somewhere between school runs, growing bellies, and growing girls, the blog quietly waited. I always thought I'd come back to it. I just didn't know I'd come back changed. Back in 2013, Weddings N Style was about the magic of the big day — the gowns, the décor, the love stories, the Yoruba and Igbo traditional weddings that made you cry happy tears.

And I still love all of that. But thirteen years into marriage, three daughters later, and after watching so many couples around me struggle, one thing has become impossible to ignore: we spend so much preparing for the wedding, and so little preparing for the marriage. Marriages today are struggling. Not because love has disappeared, but because so many of us walked down the aisle without the tools — emotional, spiritual, practical — to build what comes after the applause dies down. It's also part of why, a couple of years ago, I quietly began training in marriage and family ministry within my faith community. I've completed the foundation level, with more training still ahead. I'm not coming here as the expert with all the answers. I'm coming here as a wife, a mum, and a woman still learning — sharing what I'm gathering along the way, alongside the joy and the style and the stories we've always loved on this blog. So Weddings N Style is back — but a little wiser. We'll still celebrate the beautiful: real weddings, bridal style, vendor spotlights, planning tips for the brides-to-be who started this journey with me. But we're widening the lens. Expect honest conversations about marriage, motherhood, raising daughters, navigating in-laws, building a home, and the unglamorous-but-sacred work of staying in love. If you were here in 2013, welcome back — I've missed you. If you're new, pull up a chair. I'm so glad you're here. With love, Skene