Hello friends, welcome. Today I have my friend Adrian Rowland on and we're going to talk about the US territory of Guam.

And there is definitely going to be some stuff in this episode that you are like that. Number one, that's fascinating.

Number two, I do not like that fact. So, brace yourselves for a couple facts that you're not going to approve of,

but you will definitely learn something new. So, let's dive in. I'm Sharon Nickman and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.

Oh, oh my goodness. I could not be more excited to share this conversation with my friend Adrian. Thank you so much for being here.

Thank you so much for having me. I am so very pumped. My son James is a huge fan of yours. So, I'm super, we're excited to be here. He thinks I'm the coolest, whenever.

Oh, how old is James? He is six right now, but probably by the time this airs, he'll be seven years old. So, I love that. I love that he's just like such a gifted tiny human. And I love that he is a fan of the podcast and that he likes whales and that he loves to share facts. He reminds me very much of me when I was a little girl.

If he can grow up to be you, I would be honestly the most proud mom ever.

He is going to be an amazing virgin of himself and do things that I could never do. So, oh, thank you for that. Thank you so much.

Tell people what you do, Adrian and where you're from. Yes, so I am located in coastal Virginia and I am a wedding planner and designer and floral artist. I am the owner of hearts content events and design.

I'm a team of wedding planners and floral artists who really plan this luxury, beautiful experience for big hearted couples, allowing for the heart of marriage to just really consume the entire wedding planning process and providing the white space that they need.

So that they're able to prepare and have a solid foundation for their marriage later on. And then I'm also the founder of a brand new virtual wedding planning experience and community called the bridal tea.

And that's going to be launching really soon. I'm super, super excited about that.

And yeah, we provide all the resources and the community and guidance that they need in order to plan a really intentional, beautiful wedding without all the overwhelm that is associated with wedding planning.

Your work, your wedding planning work is so beautiful and you have so many unique touches that just are really customized to the couples and I love seeing how you pull out couples interests and things that pertain to them and incorporate them in a really elegant, beautiful way into their celebrations. It's so fun to watch you.

Oh, my gosh, that means so much. Thank you. That's really so much. You know that I used to be in the wedding industry. Yes, yeah, wedding photographers. So I'm talking about this is not just me being like, oh, that's a pretty dress.

You know what I mean? I have been to a number of weddings. You know what you're talking about. You have the expertise. Yes, that's right. And I think you just do such a fantastic job.

I love the idea of doing something virtual that helps wedding planning couples still get some of your expertise without having to live next door to you.

Yes, yes, and we love that too. We love just the idea because you know, we do provide a luxury experience. However, we do still believe that like wedding planning should be accessible to everybody.

And so the bridal tea is really going to help people with that. And we're very excited about just being an essential part in so many couples days for sure.

I love that.

Well, I have a really interesting story to share with you today. So excited.

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