Happy New Year to All!
With the historic blizzard of the past week, they rearranged their simple flight to NYC, flying instead to Toronto and taking the “Maple Leaf” Amtrak down to the City.
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Religious Rituals for a Non-Religious Bride & Groom
As a Celebrant, I work with couples who hold many viewpoints on religion and spirituality. In explaining my work with new clients, I mention that to my way of thinking, Celebrants provide (to use a “political” term heard a few years ago) a “third way” in developing important life ceremonies and rites of passages. We
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Dancing into Romance & Love
As a Celebrant I strive to recognize the most important parts of the lives of brides and grooms into their personalized ceremonies. The narrative—an essay chronicling the relationship of the couple—is one of the hallmarks of a celebrant wedding, and it provides a wonderful opportunity to weave the threads of life into a wonderful, one-of-a-kind,
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Thanks to my Scottish Brides & Grooms
A fundamental principle of the Celebrant movement is that a well-lived life marks and honors important events, rites of passage, and transitions—those filled with joy, as well as those marked by sorrow. Celebrant-led ceremonies are not merely “events” noting some significant life milestone, but they provide context, resonance, remembrance, understanding, and healing for those involved.
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A Special Way to Recognize Blended Families
These days, “non-traditional” families seem to be the norm. Many couples wish to combine their own wedding with a public declaration of their new blended family. A ceremony idea with fantastic impact is a vow exchange between the elders and the children. One family that I recently worked with exchanged the following vows: The groom
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A Holiday Wish List
Many couples are tying up plans for their 2011 weddings, before the 2010 holidays are over. Here are some tips and questions to help you find your perfect wedding officiant.
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The Significance of Place
While the place of the ceremony is obviously not a key element of the marriage ceremony, I do think there are interesting, small ways to include a few words about the significance and symbolism of the location as one of many themes in a rich script.
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Celebrate Your Wedding with Three Words
Every once in a while, I come across a “feel good” moment on TV…..times when I think that television, a much criticized part of American culture, is a really terrific tool that connects people. Several months ago, I stumbled upon a feature on the weekend edition of Good Morning America that I really loved. “Your
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A Special Day for Children, too
The possibilities for incorporating kids into a special day are vast, limited only by the imagination of the couple (and their celebrant!).
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