destiny and sweet smiles by the sea

Update on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 8:17PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

     October brought a batch of lovely 'Just the Two of Us" couples. In the picture above Hannah and Michael  found a lovely place called ,  By- The- Sea in Dennisport with their own private Nantucket Beach. They walked at dawn on their wedding day and collected heart rocks and little good omen totems to have with them at their ceremony. They also collected new friends who shared a toast of the bubbly on the porch. A theme of destiny emerged. A German couple took pictures. Love truly does gather us all in, transforming everyone it touches.

"and I'm gonna get married.." Dennis Inn Classic Cape Cod Ceremonies

The first wedding I celebrated in the year 2000 was on a bluff overlooking Cape Cod Bay on a misty early October Day with the reception at the Dennis Inn. This past few months I've had the pleasure of presiding over two weddings at this lovely classic Cape Cod Inn. The first wedding was on August 27th as Hurrican Irene was arriving . 

 The second was just last weekend on a perfect September day, ideal for a poolside garden ceremony beneath the wedding arch. I will have pictures soon but I wanted to give a shout out to the wonderful people at the Dennis Inn who helped with both ceremonies: from moving the ceremony seamlessly from outside to under the tent, to trouble shooting with us when there was a processional music snafu at the garden wedding.

 (Jeff, the groom, saved the day by downloading the song "Going to the Chapel" from his I-phone into speakers the Dennis Inn provided. (Click on to hear my favorite original version of this classic.) Lauren, his stunning bride, had her wish fufilled to process in to this fun, funky tune

 "Goin to the Chapel and we're gonna to get married......

   Goin to the chapel of love"

be it underneath a white tent or in the lacy hydrangea- filled garden, a short walk away from Cape Cod Bay, the Dennis Inn provides a wonderful setting for a classic Cape Cod Wedding Ceremony and reception.

Update on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 2:50PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Update on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 6:35PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Happy Anniversary Kathleen and Ben!

"True love is unconquerable and irresistable. It goes on gathering power and spreading itself until it  transforms everyone it touches." Meher Baba

So may it be for these two married lovers. 

Update on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 9:28PM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

A Magical Day back in May

John and Kate wed at Edgartown Light

Update on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 8:50AM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

The marriage season for this Cape Cod Interfaith Minister/ Wedding Officiant began with a beautiful trip to Martha's Vineyard on May 21st, 2011 to preside over two ceremonies at Edgartown Lighthouse. The first was small, just family from Texas. The second was a couple from Hobokan who were staying and having their reception at the Harbor View Hotel and Resort.

The early ceremony was misty and a bit wild on the beach beyond the lighthouse. The father of one of the brides read from the poem I had given him, The True Love by David Whyte and all of us misted over hearing the words

" to take the one hand

and the one life, you know belongs in yours."

The afternoon wedding was met by clearing skies and a warm spring sun, a near miracle for May on 'The Rock.' The bride's long processional from the Harbor View to the lighthouse mirrored the long and winding road that led this couple back to one another. Kate and John said, "I DO " to the thrilled applause of their families and friends then returned to the Harbor View for a beauty and fun -filled reception which no doubt spilled over onto the sweeping porches that surround that hotel.

As some of you may recall May 21st was the day the world was supposed to end.  For these two couples the life they knew as singles did: a stunning new life as a married couple began.

Two are better than one and the life you live together will be far richer than the one you would have lived alone.

Update on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 9:19AM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Update on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 9:29AM by Soulful Wedding Ceremonies

Bedouin Beach Wedding: Just the Two of Us Way Out on Ballston Beach

Danielle and Tom constructed and decorated their own wedding arch which provided shelter way out on Ballston Beach, Truro. I could see the orange and pink scarves rustling in the wind as I hiked out to the spot they had chosen to exchange their nuptials. As I approached this beautiful couple, they joked about how far out on the beach they were. I was awed by the setting and their sweet sincerity and reassured them: "what's not to like about walking on the sands of Truro on a gorgeous July Day. "

The ceremony was like the two of them; light-heartedly sincere and that 'something'  that happens,  happened.

 A touch of eternity, a drop of the Divine Ocean of Love, sprinkled the proceedings with pixie dust.