It has been a sweetly sincere ceremony season. I've enjoyed presiding over
low key weddings that leave everyone on a high note.
"To be natural "as John O'Donohue says, "is to be holy. I'm loving the authenticity of the couples who seek my services for weddings and later for baby blessings. So what is this quality of being authentic? I see it in my couples who talk to me not only about their wedding but their hopes for a contented married life.
As for me I hope I am congruent and authentic in my approach to presiding over weddings. I can authentically claim to be both rustic and vintage- more and more so with each passing year. With great gratitude I come from a place of contentment after 27 years of marriage. When I get impatient with my husband he reminds me of my own words of wedding wisdom. And to be totally honest somedays I think about what I gave my word to 27 years ago. Giving your word to each other is the heart and soul of a ceremony. As Wendell Berry reminds us. "The meaning of marriage begins with the giving of our word...."
So stay true to yourself and to one another. Allow yourself to be content and grateful as I am to all of you for making 2015 such a wonderful wedding season.
Remember: Don't Worry. Be Married and
THANK YOU
Photos of Bryan and Allison at Borsari Gallery in Dennis
photography by Stop Go Love http://www.stopgolove.net