Jennifer Lopez is ready to tell all (she wants to anyway) about her three-day Georgia wedding to Ben Affleck. Singer sent a new one On the JLo . newslettershowcases selected photos of her and Affleck from the ceremony and details on all the festivities, from ceremony to reception to brunch after the day.
She wrote that Affleck used the line, “This is heaven. Right here. We’re in it now,” in her wedding speech and despite the rain and some unexpected breakdowns in the celebration, Lopez believes their wedding is official for family and friends. will be perfect.
“The truth is I never doubted anything,” she wrote. “All week, I felt the calm and easy certainty that we were in God’s hands…”
The sky cleared in time for the ceremony, “and eventually, I began to walk down the stairs that would become my path for the rest of my life. Ahhhhh…it’s really happening… “Lopez recalls.
“Ben and I talked about Marc Cohn’s ‘True Companion’ as the perfect wedding love song in this very home over twenty years ago,” she continued. “Even though Ben didn’t know, I asked Marc to surprise him by singing it at our wedding and he was lovely and generous when he arrived. However, when I walked down the aisle, the first song he played was not ‘True Companion’. It was his ‘The Things We’ve Handed Down’ – a great children’s mystery song – which we could only guess at the time, but it was the perfect choice when Our five children are ahead of me along the way. Twenty years between the dreams of our youth and the grown-up world of love and family that we embraced that day, has given this marriage more than either of us could have imagined. We’re not just married to each other; We have married these children into a new family. They were the only ones we asked to support us at the wedding reception. To our great honor and joy, each has done so.”
“When our oldest was done walking, Marc started ‘True Companion,’ a song we heard together for the first time like it was yesterday and forever ago — and life has come. , strangely, beautifully, mysteriously, full of the divine,” Lopez reflects.
“Then Ben told me that the chords of the song and seeing Marc Cohn both shocked him and allowed him to feel the way we both found our way. , sure, inevitable and perfect together,” she continued. “And when he saw me appear at the top of the stairs at that moment, it both made absolute sense while still seeming incredible, like the most wonderful dream where all the what you want is to never wake up. I probably would have been thinking the same thing if I hadn’t been so focused that I wouldn’t trip over my dress, but when I get close enough to see his face, it makes great sense too. to me. Some old wounds were healed that day and the weight of the past was finally lifted from our shoulders. Full circle — and not at all the way we planned. Better.”
Lopez teased that she’ll send the embellishments in future emails (she designed it and “feels so simple, rustic, and classy”). The photos shared in her email show the fireworks at the reception and different styles of table setting, from all white and green for the wedding to different shades of pink. for a rehearsal dinner. You can subscribe to see everything On JLo.
Alyssa Bailey is senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royalty (especially Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at In style and Around the world. When she’s not working, she enjoys running around Central Park, getting people to take #ootd photos of her, and exploring New York City.
