A Ceremony for You

01/09/2024

brees 40th birthday

31/08/2024

Always grateful for a lovely thank you

I just wanted to send through my thanks and sincere appreciation for everything you and Matt, put together to make today so beautiful. You were both so lovely, professional, caring and genuine - we couldn’t have found anyone better to send off Alex.
> Thank you again for everything. you both, made today so special for me and the family; even my parents said it was the most beautiful ceremony they had attended and that was definitely a credit to you and Matthew. Even having you both offer me a hug and a rub on the shoulder both in the chapel before and after the ceremony made me feel so calm and relaxed as I was very anxious and upset. That was so beautiful of you both.
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> I am deeply grateful for today and for all you did. You definitely gave Alex the send off he deserved.
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05/07/2024

Thank you Georgia for the lovely review, it’s greatly appreciated ❤️

Amazing service and pleasure to work with! Kerry completely customised and curated a ceremony script from our original (lengthy) vows to one another.
The result was a highly personalised ceremony which many guests commented on as unique to our relationship. We were blown away with how sentimental & personalised the service was. Kerry was really helpful to us both when writing our vows, both of us having never been married before we had no clue what to expect or aim for. Kerry was really great with some starting point suggestions and flexible in her approach to include all of our written material within the ceremony.
We couldn't have loved the result on the day more! Thank you Kerry for crafting a ceremony that was a unique reflection of our relationship. Highly recommend to any newly engaged couples seeking a celebrant ❤️

17/05/2024

this evening at the rustic restaurant Ruby’s at Mount Kembla the gorgeous Georgia married her high school sweetheart Chris, they both wrote how they felt about each other when they met and how they have evolved with each other over the years, it was a very happy family and friends when I introduced them as husband and wife, ❤️❤️❤️

21/04/2024

24/03/2024

Todays wedding was a little bit different, there were no formal vows, just the legal terminology, there was a ring exchange and just like that Rob and Michelle were married, after 26 years together they became husband and wife, with
just their children and and Michelle’s elderly dad too witness this casual but fun wedding, no one knew this was happening until just an hour before the short ceremony, except the Bride and Groom of course, Michelle went onto her significant birthday celebration where they were going to surprise all their friends with the happy news of their nuptials.

It was a stunning location, on the banks of the Hacking river in their stunningly renovated boat shed home complete with the inclinator, great spot for this special moment in their lives. congratulations Rob and Michelle and happy birthday Michelle ❤️🥂🍾

20/03/2024

here’s a couple of interesting funeral ideas, personally I like the pretty arbor, or a disco theme with pumping music, when there is good music at a funeral I find it very hard to keep composed, I have actually danced in at one funeral, thankfully the family loved it!

24/02/2024

yesterday was a hot day in Sydney, but the temperature didn’t matter as my beautiful bride Elise and her now husband Hayden looked cool calm and collected, I’ve known Elise when we worked together at the Elite Cruise Company, many times we made weddings perfect memories, for many other couples, it was now Elise’s turn to have her own perfect wedding day, she met the man of her dreams when they both swiped right on each other, after a whirlwind romance they knew that it was forever, they then welcomed their baby boy into their world, so among their family and closest friends their little family was united in marriage, when I first laid eyes on Elise even I had a tear in my eye, she looked stunning, as for Hayden he was also taken with how gorgeous she was. It was a joy to have officiated on your perfect wedding day. congratulations Elise and Hayden ❤️🙌🏼🍾👌🏼🥂

22/02/2024

last night I had the honour and Privilege to bring together in marriage two beautiful souls Miyu and Jet they became spouse and husband after many years of partnership, in front of just a handful of supportive and cherished friends

I celebrate diversity and one love marriages and what a way to begin the Mardi Gras season, my heart felt congratulations to this loving couple, I wish you both joy and happiness in this new chapter of your lives ❤️🌈🥂.

06/02/2024

I am humbled by these lovely words of thanks, it is always a privilege to celebrate and honour someone’s life.

Hi Kerry, I was thinking about Dad’s service today and I just wanted to thank you for the truly personal, beautiful service you gave him. You managed to capture his personality perfectly and he would have loved every minute. I am so incredibly grateful for your help and support putting his farewell together. I really can’t express just how thankful I am. Thank you just doesn’t seem enough. Nicole xx

01/10/2023

On the hottest day this year Ryan and Cleo celebrated their wedding, sadly Cleo’s mother passed away a few weeks ago, Cleo walked down the aisle with her beautiful dad giving her away, Cleo stopped at an empty chair and placed a rose, where her mum would’ve been sitting, had she made it to today. (There wasn’t a dry eye in the house)

Cleo and Ryan did not dwell on the sadness, they were both overjoyed to share their private written vows to each other and their rings were delivered by the wild very young nephews providing many smiles to everyone.

Their rings were in little lady bird and bee cases, very cute.

It was to great cheers of joy when I finally pronounced them Husband and Wife.

Cleo your mother wanted you to have a beautiful wedding and it definitely was a stunning venue and a bride who
looked stunning in a blush pink gown with a blush pink veil, with a touching and loving ceremony ❤️

21/09/2023

Grateful!!! ❤️😊

Dear Kerry, thank you so much for the photos & today. You were excellent , inclusive, giving, calm and friendly. You made the Service easier for us and gave us memories to treasure. Kind regards Catherine

09/09/2023

An absolutely beautiful sunny day on our spectacular Sydney Harbour for the wedding of Dianne and Jeff, their guests travelled from all around the globe to celebrate this happy occasion, some tears of happiness as their vows were said in front of their family and friends, Jeff’s 4 year old granddaughter presented their wedding rings to the cheers of everyone, after they were officially married they had a tea ceremony as is the cultural custom for Dianne, it was a perfect day. Congratulations Jeff and Dianne ❤️

08/09/2023

It’s been awhile since I was out on our beautiful and iconic Sydney Harbour, so it is a welcome back as I perform the wedding of Jeff and Dianne on MV Coast today, I will remember why I became a celebrant in the first place, as I watched the celebrants come and go, while I worked as a cruise director on the Blue Room, I would watch with envy when the celebrants perform their loving duty, before a speed boat whisked them away towards the opera house, it was my dream that I too would be whisked away over the stunning blue waters in a speed boat, wind in my hair my duty done ❤️❤️

07/08/2023

So many times I hear from families that their loved one passed while they went out of the room to go to get something to eat, etc they feel you hanging onto them, willing them not to die, they don’t want to see you suffer, though they are suffering, set them free, let them go, my absolute belief is that we do not die, we go to a place of joy, love and peace. (My own weird experience testifies to this)

12/07/2023

A beautiful send off for a much loved Poppy, the light was perfect giving a memorable and precious photo 🏍️ ⛪️ ❤️

29/06/2023

A beautiful way to put your messages of love to your loved one ❤️

09/06/2023

Today Christina and Stephen married at the stunning nurses chapel at Little Bay, Stephen arrived with an es**rt of big bikes and three restored cars that he had restored, all very loud but fitting the happy celebration, Stephens beautiful bride arrived with not as much noise, but in an elegant white stretch limo, she looked stunning in her beautiful gown, all was going as normal during the service, then one of the cars decided to leave some rubber on the road as it roared up the hill mid Ceremony, with Stephen looking very proud and a little sheepish as the cars wheels were spinning, Christina looked on serenely like, this is what happens in her world with a man she loves and his cars

Christina’s nephew and a close family friend read special poems to honour this special day for the bride and groom.

As they headed outside for the group photo, with their backs facing the ocean, pods of whales 🐳 swam by, and breaking heralding a unique beginning for this happy couple. Congratulations Christina and Stephen 🥂❤️🐳 🚘

29/04/2023

So much gratitude for this amazing thank you 🙏 ❤️

Good afternoon, Kerry. I wanted to tell you that you made the task of farewelling mum so very much easier that it would otherwise have been. You service was exactly as mum would have wanted and was a true reflection of who she was. It was a real celebration of her life of "94 years and a bit". The sentence you used about her great granddaughter taking her first breath on the day that mum took her last brought me undone, not to mention "Ed".I feel that I have known you for longer that I actually have and perhaps that is indicative of who you are and your professionalism. A huge thank you , again, on behalf of "The Family".

28/02/2023

Something I always think about when I do a service, I once was seeing a medium in a large group setting, she was talking to a family about their husband/dad, as I was listening their story it sounded familiar, it turned out to be a family that I had officiated for, my first thought was, geez I hoped he liked his funeral, when I tapped his wife in the shoulder after the readings she was so surprised that I was there, she pulled out from her bag the Order of service from the day of her husband’s funeral, we were both grateful that she received a perfect reading from this very gifted medium. Love is the key ❤️❤️❤️

Why Spirits Attend Their Own Funerals
by Bob Olson

Early in my journey investigating what happens when we die, I wondered if the deceased attend their own funerals, and, if they do, for what purpose. What I learned is that there are two reasons they make an appearance, neither being to see how many people showed up or if we purchased the trendiest casket or urn for them.

People in spirit attend their own funerals and memorial services because they feel the love that those in attendance radiate for them. Since the most powerful force in the universe is love, it increases a spirit’s vibration to feel the love being expressed at such services, which helps them with their own evolvement.

We all love to be loved, even after our passing, so funeral services are the perfect opportunity to express our love for the recently deceased before settling back into the distractions of our day-to-day life. The fact is that our deceased loved ones are with us whenever we think of them, and their funeral services are no exception to this. Thus, sharing happy memories of them at any time is a wonderful way to memorialize their life.

Still, feeling our love for them is not their principal motive for attending their own funerals... (This post is for paid subscribers: https://bobolsonconnect.com/p/why-spirits-attend-their-own-funerals)

19/01/2023

Joyful news this morning from this their wedding 12 months ago to the birth of their beautiful baby daughter, Adrian and Emma I don’t have to tell you how overjoyed I am for your whole family, at the birth of your little girl, you are going to make the best parents, thank you for letting me share 💖🎀❤️

18/01/2023

When swiping right leads you to the love of your life and changes your life in beautiful, meaningful and lovable ways, this happen to Sandy and Samantha, who married yesterday in their home with all of their closest family and friends.

Samantha’s mother is not well and they decided to marry sooner rather than later so she could be involved in their happy day, Sam’s mother, father and sister Mel stood to give away Samantha to the man that that holds her dreams, not only was this a incredible moment, Samantha and Sandy read their own vows to each other, seriously this was such an emotional and romantic moment, their words to each other were emotional and meaningful, it was an honour to watch these two exchange their love openly, with tears of joy streaming down their faces, thank you for having me bring you both together in marriage.

I’d choose you in a hundred lifetimes in any version of reality, I’d find you and choose you, such beautiful words to end your vows and for me to end on.

❤️❤️❤️

23/12/2022

To all my families who have lost loved ones this year, it will be a difficult Christmas, my advice is leave an empty chair at the table with the same setting as everyone else, talk about them with ease and love, smile and laugh at the funny memories, remember them and toast to their eternal energy. ❤️

21/12/2022

Wishing my beautiful couples who I pronounced husband and wife, huswife (my personal favourite) and wife, wife and wife, husband and husband a very happy first Christmas as married couples, Thankyou for the privilege of having me on your special day, I’ve been to some beautiful places and had fun and loved hearing your heartfelt vows to one another. Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year, thank you 🙏 ❤️ Sonia Stradiotto Couture

15/12/2022

So grateful for the thank you, I love it when people come up to me after the service and ask if I’d known the deceased, because I’ve captured their essence, personality and humour so well, that is very special. ❤️❤️
Hi Kerry

I wanted to say a huge thank you for the way you contacted ###x service.
You took away all our worries at this very sad time.
I’ve had so many positive comments about his service and in all of them you were also mentioned for your kind ways with our family.
The poem was perfect and so ###x I’m going to get a print of it and have it framed.

Have a good Christmas and many thanks again.

Kind regards

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