Officiant Grace

24/08/2025

Please enjoy my latest blogpost - The Circle of Life - one day - three celebrations, death, baby shower blessing, marriage. Such an honor to guide these tender exciting and love filled ceremonies.

Birth, Death and Marriage All in One Amazing Day One of the most fulfilling roles I play is being an officiant and celebrant, helping people honor and celebrate life’s most important mileston…

18/08/2025

This is what twelve years of loving each other looks like when it is finally your wedding day. Beauty Abounding!!! K&K met as friends, fell in love, built a life together, took a six year journey through PHD studies and trips around the world, fell even more deeply in love with their fur child Calvin and were so ready for their grand celebration. Powerful vows, rings blessed, by family and friends and the whole community standing to declare “We Do” agree to support you always. And a vendor team extaordinaire made all their dreams come true. Can you imagine the glory of being embraced by those flowers. I was swooning before we even began. A hummingbird came to add its blessing - a sure sign that beloved grandparents from heaven were there.

12/08/2025

Mount Baker Magnificence for C & D and twenty five of their nearest and dearest people. They came from New Jersey, Florida, New York and even Denmark to help this absolutely sweet couple get married. We did a short hot and rocky trail climb in fancy sparkly shoes, suits and ties and sweated under the perfect sunny skies all in the name of love. It’s such an incredible joy and honor to support young lovers who truly have the heart, the soul and the depth of understanding of what it means to make lifelong commitments. I wish you all the happiness in the world C & D and thank you to the best of the best photographer and videographers for capturing every single drop of the happiness, the tears, the laughter and the memories. There is nothing more wonderful than working with extraordinary professionals who also know how to help our clients relax and enjoy every moment of their wedding ceremony and celebration.

22/07/2025

W&J got married yesterday at the glorious . Family came from China and friends gathered to celebrate this dear couple. Such pure hearts and sincere souls. Everyone was in tears during their vows and the beautiful poem read by a friend. “I wish you love like a river.” It is such an honor to help young brave couples like W&J who have journeyed from their homeland to create a new life here in America to have a meaningful ceremony that is a blend of their two cultures. I am always touched by the level of trust they place in me to guide them, even in writing their tender vows. Thank you Dear W & J. You worked hard to build your relationship and your joy yesterday blessed us all. Thank you to all the amazing vendors led by Yinyu for a seamless coordination filled with care for these precious newlyweds. Stay tuned for the full vendor list.

15/07/2025

This was such a special celebration. The power of love overcomes all obstacles. E&D met in college, became fast friends and eventually dared to admit that they loved each other. They spent 10 years building their Love Story and lives together. Then it was wedding time! Cue favorite people, gorgeous venue, colors, and so much happiness abounding. For my part I had help from Chatgpt yo created a custom wedding song for our wonderful couple… called Built To Last”. These to are going tge distance, that’s for sure! Blessings of joy dear E & D. You are fantastic and an inspiration to us all! Stay tuned for vendor shout out.

13/07/2025

Such an incredible honor to Celebrate the life of this beautiful woman. S was a brilliant, bright light and a force of creative, love-filled passion for life, her work, community and especially her husband and children. Gone way too soon. So many came to say their farewells and to share sweet, funny and heart-touching stories. As her oldest daughter spoke a beautiful soft white butterfly entered the tent over S's casket, gently flew by her daughter and then by the large photo of her and then disappeared. I believe so strongly that our Loved Ones live on even after death and find ways to let us know they are with us. Hug your family, friends and anyone you can get your hands on...we never know when it will be our time to depart this world. Thank you to S's friend C and her husband H for trusting me to guide you all through this utterly tender ceremony to honor your beautiful S. May you all be held in such love and S may all that light that is YOU now be free to be shared with the whole cosmos.
S's parents are from Hong Kong and they chose her resting place just down the slope from Bruce Lee's grave. We know that Bruce will be her guardian angel and will watch over her as they both dance through the universe. Thank you to the other family members and friends who contributed to this amazing celebration and to the staff at Lakeview Cemetery for the kind caring attention to all the details of laying S to rest.

29/06/2025

A & A got married yesterday at the magical, enchanting Ruins. What a match made in heaven setting for this precious, match made in heaven couple. They spent eight years falling in love, well actually that happened on the first date, when A asked A if they could make out at the end of the evening and he said yes!!!
They kept saying yes, under the stars, on travel adventures, on a very special waterfront log that became their engagement celebration, all the way to their wedding yesterday when their vows, commitments and more yeses brought forth laughter, tears and community joy. When you have invested this deeply in not only finding the fun in life but the powerful courage to grow together, you are prepared for the long marriage road ahead. Thank you beautiful A and soulful A for trusting me to help you cross the threshold into your Happily Ever After. I am so confident that that sometimes trite saying actually will hold true for you.
At the end of each ceremony, I say to the guests that it takes a whole village to keep one marriage strong and thriving so please continue to support the couple through the coming years and decades. It also takes a village of vendors to make one wedding this beautiful seamless and special. Thank you to each of you. I feel so blessed to be surronded by all of your creativity and professional talents. This one was a memory maker for sure.

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09/06/2025

Weekend wedding #3 This was one I was truly looking forward to and wow what a joy to help J&A celebrate their love and say their vows. Chateau Lill is one of my very favorite venues and it was dressed up in stunning white florals that took my breath away. One of the things I find so delightful is that I get the honor of standing right in the middle of the ceremony display and I always take a moment before we begin to greet the flowers and let them know how much I adore having them as my support team for the role of officiating. So well done!!!

J&A are both pretty low key and also so kind and easy going. After six years together, they were as married as possible and yet they put their full hearts into their vows and brought forth such happy tears from their Loved Ones. Such tender, fun and genuine understanding of what those simple words, “ I Do” truly mean.

One fun thing that J&A and I have in common is a love for Formula One Car Racing. I had the delight of attending a live race when I was in college and these two have regular dates for watching the races from around the world on television. My parting wish for them during the ceremony was that they would one day get to experience the race live! Right then the groom announced, “we are going on our honeymoon to do just that in Italy!” I always try to keep my professional decorum during ceremonies but I was so excited I blurted out - “What? That is amazing! Can I come?” which thankfully was met with chuckles and laughter. No Grace, the officiant does not get to go on the honeymoon.

I could not be happier for you J&A, not only for your honeymoon but for your future. You took your time to build a solid foundation before getting married and now you have everything you need for your wonderful next chapters.

Thank you to the whole team, led by the amazing Krisanna , who brought all the beauty to life for J&A. There are so many details, decisions, and puzzle pieces to fit together for a wedding, and knowing how to do that so that it looks and feels seamless is truly an art form.

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