Weddings with children

This Cape Cod wedding celebrant has been so busy presiding over weddings I haven't been able to write but here is a scenario I want to share with you.

The last four weddings I have done have included children. Such a treat for me. On Monday I met with a couple who are getting married in August. We met at Marion's Pie Shop which I highly recommend. Their two children were with us. It was also the bride's 30th birthday -so much to celebrate.

 The children were so beautiful sitting in the big red adirondeck chairs, blueberry filling all over their faces excited about their upcoming roles in the wedding  - well the little girl was, Bubba, their little boy,  is only two and a half.

"Family is important." I said at one point and little Bubba repeated, "Family is important!"

When I asked if the couple had any favorite songs the groom immediately whipped out his phone and played me this tune. It says it all. So romantic I don't care if my son's voice in my head says EMO (wait until he's engaged !)

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jasonmraz/iwontgiveup.html "I Won't Give Up"

The picture above is of a couple whose anniversary was last week. Their flower girl was their daughter. To celebrate their wedding anniversary they welcomed their baby son into the world. Can't wait to meet and bless him!

More later- have a wedding at First Encounter with children!

Stay happy and totally engaged and don't give up....

Kathleen

Weddings in Black and White- A Cape Cod Wedding Classic

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Update on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 8:22PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

And now some color! Jennifer processes in all smiles. She and Scott wed in September of 2012 at his family's Cape Cod home.  The warmth and affection felt by all spread the love all around.

The Meaning of Marriage : Wendell Berry

The meaning of marriage begins with the giving of words. We cannot join ourselves to one another without giving our word. And this must be an unconditional giving, for joining ourselves to one another, we join ourselves to the unknown…you do not know the road; you have committed your life to a way. 

                                                                                                                         

 

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Update on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 7:14PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Jennifer, the bride , let me know their photographer was Kim Rielly of Studio K.

"We loved working with her."  Jennifer added.

It's May It's May ..Cape Cod Wedding Days

It's May-devoted to mothers from mother earth to Mother Mary. A time to play in the gardens,  celebrate Beltaine, tie the knot and break into song and slow dance with your brand new husband.

 

Love Prevails- Wedding Ceremonies on Cape Cod

This Cape Cod Wedding Ceremony celebrant/officiant /interfaith minister is getting excited about Spring and Summer weather and the blossoming of brides and grooms ready to wed on this sandy peninsula we call home. Welcome to the Cape Cod Wedding Season! 

And love does prevail ....I had a wedding at Wychmere Harbor last Saturday April 20th. On Friday at the rehearsal we were all still on high alert after the week of the Boston Marathon mayhem. Most everyone including the Bride and Groom were Bostonians. At the wedding on Saturday spirits were high, there was a sense of some relief and a round of applause broke out after the reading "and the greatest of these is LOVE!"  Love prevails! Whenever I get a little sad or worried about the future I look at these photos, I think about my son, my nieces and nephews (all terrific 20 somethings) and my hope and joy and gratitude is restored. LOVE PREVAILS !

  

Update on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 9:45AM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

One Spirit Community of Sacred Practice A Daily Practice of Sacred Reading & Meditation May 9

Confidence in our innate potential to be loving human beings empowers the cultivation of [loving kindness]. Our potential to love is very real and is somehow not destroyed, no matter what we experience: all of the mistakes we might make, all of the times that we are caught in reaction, all of the times we have caused pain, all of the times we have suffered. Throughout everything, our potential to love remains intact and pure. -Sharon Salzberg, Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

Here comes the bride....................

Here comes the bride, Emily, on her father's arm. An indoor ceremony at 28 Atlantic -Wequassett Resort on Round Cove, was the perfect setting for this quintessential, naturally elegant Cape Cod Ceremony.

Emily Ann Ford and James Michael Gallagher wed at Wequassett on a miraculously warm spring afternoon on the crescent on the water. They met working at the Woodshed and that summer job led to their being wed. Enough said for now!