03/09/2024
Trust...
Is key between a couple and your celebrant. This beautiful pair, Alex and Kevin, are absolutely sure of who they are and how to squeeze the best out of life, whether that is up a mountain or diving underwater. But one thing they weren't entirely sure of, was if they needed a celebrant for their wedding day.
Alex and Kevin had already gone off to their local registrar where they live in Germany and completed the legal bit in a simply beautiful and quiet way. And so Alex and Kevin wanted to understand was how a trained celebrant like me would alter the day. So we chatted...
About the 9 month process we would have together in order for me to understand who they are. To understand the ebb and flow of their journey: the good times and the trickier times, the pivotal moments and changes in direction, the important people, places and things that guided their decisions and the funny, ridiculous craic that happened along the way.
About the wealth of resources I would bring to help them choose existing readings, vows and symbolic acts or how to create original ones that perfectly reflected them.
About the hours I would spend creating and editing an original wedding script which would sow together the fabric of their lives in an authentic and effortless way.
About the rehearsal we could have in the week leading up to the wedding and the advice I could offer to help calm nerves, feel present and steady their voices in those final moments.
About the day of the wedding and how I would arrive in advance to oversee their ceremony area, liaise with the venue staff, with the musicians, the readers and to rehearse.
About the 3 minutes before Alex walked into the room when I would come see her, offer a breathing exercise to aid a centred and content walk up the aisle.
About the vocal and presentation skills that would give them the reassurance that everyone in the room or outside on the pier would hear every word of their story.
About the powers of improvisation and dealing with the unexpected things by gauging the room and adding humour or a slight change where needed.
Alex and Kevin trusted me and as you can see from the last photo I was pure buzzing!
