JFK Jr. Wedding

JFK Jr. Wedding

Speaking of lavish wedding and wealth, consider the JFK Jr wedding to Caroline Bassette.

JFK Jr. had wealth, as well as fame and good looks. JFK Jr was born and literally raised in the White House during his father, JFK's presidency. At the time of his wedding, JFK Jr was being groomed by the Kennedy clan for a high-profile political career and a probable Presidential run in JFK's footsteps.

The storied JFK Jr wedding, which took place in the fall of 1996, however, contrasted sharply with JFK Jr's wealth.

The JFK Jr wedding to Caroline Bassette was a beautiful yet humble affair that took place on the uninhabited Cumberland Island off the coast of Georgia. The venue for the JFK Jr wedding was a small small chapel that didn't even have electricity.

What were the ornaments for the JFK Jr. wedding? Just two branches that JFK Jr. tied together into a cross. The wedding's lone expensive item was the new Mrs. JFK Jr.'s wedding dress, which Caroline obviously got to keep.

The point is this: those confident about their wealth don't necessarily splurge on their wedding.

Also consider this: every 5 seconds, a child dies from starvation somewhere in the world, and the cost to have fed that child a nourishing meal is only 19 cents per day (source: World Food Program).

So instead of spending 30,000 dollars or 3 million dollars to run with the herd, why not keep it simple, save yourself the time and the stress, and donate your savings to saving the life of dying children? For 5,000 dollars, you can feed nearly 900 kids for a month, long enough for them to be nourished back to health. For 50,000 dollars, that number rises to 9,000 kids, and for half million dollars, you can save 90,000 children and nourish them back to health.

Something else. Are you sure your money isn't a blessing from God?

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