Feature Friday ✨
Swapna & Hari — ShadowCreek Ceremony + River Creek Reception
Today we’re featuring their beautiful wedding — two venues, two energies, one seamless story.
ShadowCreek held the quiet, emotional, heart-centered moments…
and River Creek brought the celebration to life in the most joyful way.
Watching these two families come together — the tenderness, the cultural rhythms, the genuine love — reminded me again why Indian weddings feel so deeply generational. They’re not events… they’re family history unfolding.
And watching Swapna & Hari move through their day with grace, humor, and that quiet understanding between them? Pure magic.
You can see more from their day at theregetis.com or by clicking on BIO to our for the BLOG link directly.
OR if you want to find your calm - book a Clarity Call with Amy - if you’re planning your 2026-27 wedding we would love to hear from you 💛
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This one broke my heart… and shook something deeper.
When I read about the tragic killing of Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, I felt grief —
but like so many brown and immigrant families, I also felt fear.
The man who took her life was brown.
And history has taught us exactly what happens next.
Backlash.
Suspicion.
Stereotypes.
Innocent families paying for one man’s evil.
So in today’s episode of SAWL, I opened up a conversation that so many have quietly held inside:
💔 Why tragedies like this hit brown families differently
💔 The fear of being blamed for something you had NOTHING to do with
💔 What it means to raise brown children in moments like this
💔 And why we must not let this spark more hate
If you’ve ever felt this fear — or if you’re hearing it for the first time —
you need to watch this one.
👉 Full episode is now live. Link in BIO.
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Today I’m sharing something close to my heart —
Swapna & Hari’s engagement ceremony and everything this moment truly means in a Hindu/South Asian family.
Their celebration took place at a small clubhouse with only their closest people, and honestly? Those intimate spaces are where you see a family’s truth… the love, the expectations, the tenderness, the growth — all without the noise.
So many people outside our culture don’t realize this, but a Hindu engagement ceremony isn’t just a “party.”
It’s the moment two families formally bless the union.
It’s the first public acknowledgement of the couple.
It’s promises made with elders present.
It’s tradition meeting the future.
Some families celebrate it quietly.
Some turn it into a mini wedding reception.
But the heart behind it never changes.
And watching Swapna & Hari together… it was like watching poetry before it learned to speak.
Full blog is live on SAWL — packed with insights on what an engagement ceremony really means, how to plan one, and the difference between engagement photos and engagement ceremony coverage (yes, we explain this one often 😂).
Come read it, especially if your family is navigating both Indian and American traditions. ❤️
Link in BIO.
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After a heartfelt conversation with close family friends this week, one truth stayed with us:
The world is changing — but adapting doesn’t mean abandoning who we are.
Multicultural families everywhere are trying to balance tradition, identity, and the pace of a world that never slows down.
Today over at The Regeti`s & SAWL blog we unpack that with love, honesty, and a whole lot of understanding the world we know can evolve.
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