Wordage for rescheduled reception

I say do the reception only

I think if I was in your situation I would say the honor of your presence is requested at our rescheduled reception and considering your dad’s health go with reception only. That’s definitely personal to me though because I wouldn’t want to walk Leo without my dad after he told me that he wanted to walk me... I originally assumed he wouldn’t care and planned to walk by myself but when I casually asked what he would like: to just relax and enjoy the day and not have anything to do or if he actually wanted to be part of the wedding party he said that he would rather walk me down and do the first dancd thing and so we’re going to do them both... as your dad seems to be sentimentally close to you also I would just go with the reception.

As far as invitations: I would probably be with you and be over it so I would just pick the cheapest thing that I felt like I get away with LOL

Or the honor of your presence is requested
at the rescheduled reception to celebrate the marriage of
You
to
him
from date of marriage

Or even something like

Your presence is formally requested
For a re-scheduled reception
In honor of the marriage of
(Or to honor the marriage of)
You to him
That took place on date

plese join us on
date of event
at location
At time
For a formal reception
(Or for drinks dinner and dancing)
in celebration of the union that has occurred

I would just do a reception and call it a "celebration of marriage."

I would do a reception too. Your guests understand your situation and I think they would like the opportunity to party with you.

I think a reception would be appropriate. You could word it as a celebration of your marriage. I would assume that all your guests know of the details of what happened last year, and many probably know of your fathers health as well. Maybe if you have a video of your ceremony you could play that at the reception? You could always recite your vows to each other without the pomp and circumstance. If you didn't write your own at the time, you could always both write down a couple words and say them in front of people, not as a formal wedding ceremony but just to allow everyone to share in your love.

Honestly, you should have fun with this. Forget all the formal wedding stuff and have fun with it!! You have the opportunity to do whatever you want without the wedding price tag. You don't need to tell anyone you hire that it is a wedding, because it technically isn't, and can then save yourself money!

This is 100% personal choice, but if it were me, I would consider having a vowel renewal. You can have anyone officiate (friend or family member that you don't have to pay) because it isn't a legal ceremony. Your husband and you can walk down the isle together because you are already married (I personally think this would be really sweet)

I'd say omit the vowel renewal / second ceremony to make it easier on yourselves. Use whatever style invites you want to use...I don't think this will really matter to your guests. I would word the invitation something like: Mr. and Mrs. John doe invite you to the celebration of their marriage. Due to hurricane Florence, their original wedding plans had to be changed. The happy couple were able to get married, but had to cancel their reception. Now, with great excitement they would like to celebrate with all of their friends and family, and invite you to their wedding reception on so and so date at so and so time at so and so place." There isn't anything wrong with including a little more information on the invite to give a clear understanding of what your guests are being invited to.

View Quoted Comment That’s a good idea!

I'd just do a reception and here are some examples of invitations and wording. The style however is up to you. If you love your original ones, go with those. If you want something different, get different ones.

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Oh man I'm sorry that happened! I'm glad you guys still got married though! It'd be hard for me to carry on planning when it was so close to being done lol. Like you said I'd do it the cheapest/easiest way possible and do a celebration of marriage, reception only. Might be the easiest, least stressful way to go about it!