I love hearing from my brides and grooms, and couldn’t stop smiling after receiving this email from Maryann, a recent bride of mine. I’ll have a blog post on her wedding soon (it was a personal, sweet ceremony, with original vows, three readings, a handfasting, and a time capsule ceremony!), but I wanted to share this wonderful email that she sent me after she and her husband returned from their honeymoon!
Hi Jessie!
We just got back to Indiana last night and I have been dying to email you to thank you a million times over for creating such a beautiful ceremony. It was perfect! The day seems like a blur but the one thing I remember perfectly is the ceremony because it was so meaningful. Thank you for the time you put into crafting it to fit our needs and wishes. I’ve received so many complements from our guests on the beauty, uniqueness, and intimacy of the ceremony. I’ve even had friends (married ones at that!) write to ask me for the readings and hand fasting ritual explanation because they thought they were so beautiful.
The King making an appearance at Maryann & Cas’ reception!! Photo by Kamila Harris Photography
I hired an Elvis Impersonator as a surprise for Cas who had wanted to get married by Elvis in Vegas – and yet in reflecting on the wedding he and our guests all seem to forget the guy in the sparkly suit with swiveling hips and go straight for commenting on the ceremony. (related to this… I made Cas play the “what was your favorite part of our wedding” over the honeymoon and he put you and the slider bar from the cocktail hour at number one – this is perhaps that highest compliment he could give!)
I can’t thank you enough for making the most important part of our wedding be the part that always comes to mind when I think back to our day. I was such a nervous mess on Friday night and you just put me at ease. As you saw in my “wedding homework” that’s one of the traits I love most in Cas and while I have an incredibly loving group of friends and family that feeling of peace is not what Italians necessarily do best 
But you definitely possess that and it made walking in to that beautiful atrium so much less intimidating to know it was you and Cas down at the other end waiting for me. You made me feel so comfortable – it was like having a trusted friend there with us all the while (…which was especially needed when burst out “I DO” 3 sentences too early! LOL Cas and I have no stopped laughing at that. Thank you for handling it like a pro and a friend – you allowed us to laugh and let it broke the nervous tension without feeling like it interrupted the ceremony).
lots of love,
maryann
I put Maryann and Cas’ keepsake ceremony in the mail today… I hope you like it!! I always say it, but the most amazing people find me and ask me to be their wedding Celebrant. I feel so lucky that I get to do this, thank you for letting me be such an important part of your wedding!
