Sistazas Summer 2025 Bridal Edition

Sistazas Empowered: Summer Bridal Edition This month’s issue is a love letter to your journey before the vows and far beyond. Whether you’re newly engaged, halfway to the aisle, or dreaming about your forever after, this issue was made with you in mind. Inside, you’ll find practical tools, heartfelt stories, and faith-rooted wisdom to guide, uplift, and inspire your next steps. What’s inside for YOU: ✨ 2025 Bridal Trends, Tools & Timelines From dress silhouettes to guest etiquette and digital planning apps, get the must-knows now. Before the Vows: Devotionals & Soul Work Nurture your heart and your relationship with our printable guides and journaling prompts. Real Talk, Real Love Honest stories on marriage, money, menopause, blended families, and building a life that lasts. Cultural Style & Sacred Traditions Explore faith-based ceremonies, cross-cultural weddings, and legacy-rich vendor shoutouts. The Sistazas Registry Starter List & Gift Guides Non-traditional, thoughtful gifts that reflect your values and your vision for forever. PLUS: Expert features from pastors, coaches, and empowered women of faith From legal & financial planning to spiritual intimacy and legacy building. This isn’t just wedding prep it’s heart prep. Step into a community that sees your union as sacred, your future as purposeful, and your voice as powerful. Read it. Share it. Live it. This is your season. Let’s make it unforgettable. Explore the Summer Bridal Edition now.

Honoring Culture, Elevating Faith

As Black, Brown, multicultural, and faith-

led families, we often carry rich

traditions but few written records. We

know how to pray, how to praise, and

how to stretch, but now we must also

learn how to protect.

In African American traditions, we

honor the matriarch. But how do we

document her legacy?

In Afro-Caribbean and Southern

homes, land and wisdom are passed

down through generations. But have

the deeds been updated?

In multicultural marriages, have both

partners’ families been considered

with fairness and clarity?

Legacy planning is not a disruption of

faith. It’s a reflection of it.

A Bride's Registry May Need a Lawyer

Real talk: your registry may include fine

china, but what about a session with a

financial planner or attorney?

Here are new “gifts” worth considering:

Pre-marital financial counseling

Legacy journaling sessions

A joint living trust set-up

Life insurance consultations

Planning your giving goals together

These are not dry legal steps; they’re

seeds of protection, peace, and purpose.

My Story, His Legacy

I was blessed to love my husband for four

beautiful decades. And while nothing

could fully prepare me to live without him,

our preparation helped me live with peace

after the loss. We had our affairs in order.

We prayed about the future. We wrote

things down.

That’s why I created The Hope, Renewal

Journey to help women walk through

seasons of transition with clarity and

grace. Because when you’ve known love,

you honor it by making wise decisions

that live on after you.

Final Blessing

Bride, you’re building something sacred.

More than the wedding, more than the

rings, more than the photographs, you are

laying the foundation of a legacy.

With every vow, every vision, every

financial step you take, may you be

covered in wisdom and love. And when

your children, grandchildren, or

community look back, may they not only

see your beauty, they’ll see your blueprint.

✨Legacy is not later. Legacy is now.

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