Ceremonies

My  first performed wedding ceremony was for a dear friend of mine; an  intimate celebration under a coppery-leaved canopy of October trees at  Inniswood gardens in Westerville, OH. The grooms were excitedly nervous  and sincere, and their family, earnest and loving.  I made sure the  small gathering enabled everyone there to play a part in the ceremony.   As well as them committing to each other, we talked about our commitment to them and  each other, too, as their support team, and their confidants,  responsibly through their marriage.  I used the Earth elements as  metaphor to demonstrate our necessity and collaboration.  It was tender  and solemn...and timely: a rainstorm filled the sky as we were departing  the park!

Then  in November, I performed a wedding for a couple who felt like friends  to me--Amanda and Anthony.  (I wrote about her on my "serendipity"  page) Ironically, but after all our coincidences, not surprisingly, she  had incorporated the Earth elements into her ceremony, too! Ed was  there to support me for this one also and we had a great time at the  reception where we met a lovely couple and conversed for quite awhile  with a former student of mine who was a friend of the bride!

Not a bad way to serve others in the secular community!