Officiant Grace

21/12/2025

It is never easy saying good bye to Loved Ones especially as the world gears up for what is supposed to be a season of light and joy.
So when families reach out to me to guide them in honoring their Loved One in a Celebration of Remembrance it is soul filling to be there with and for them. Twice this past week I have been called into this sacred role as celebrant for such gatherings.
We are not so adept at accepting death and grief, especially when it comes too soon and in heart breaking ways. A sensitive young person succumbing to an accidental drug overdose sends parents and partners to their knees. Finding simple ways for them to reflect on their child’s happier times, big personality and even the struggles they endured to bear life in a not so awake world helped them smile, laugh and cry together. We remembered his favorite childhood story book, we lit candles and offered the elements of nature, fire water, earth air ether and even flowers for beauty. We listened to soothing music with messages of love connections that can never die. And we sent off this precious boy with bubbles that his girlfriend proclaimed would have made him so happy.
And then my own family invited me to support them as they said farewell, unexpectedly and suddenly to the queen that had been their guide, their leader and their inspration for 85 years. A was an elder who was a true matriarch. Always hosting gatherings and welcoming in family, friends and strangers to embrace, share meals and celebrate all the milestones, the most favorite of all being Christmas. In her honor, her daughters, husband and granddaughters, took up the mantle and created a beautiful celebration that would have made her so very happy and proud. What an incredible way to see a legacy in action. Someone of such love, kindness, a passion for connection and uplifting others, now the one who was being appreciated, recognized and thanked for the inspiration and example she lived and left behind. We told stories, watched a delightful slideshow, received a beautiful choral sung Gaelic Blessing called Deep Peace and read a precious passage from the Little Prince. Our Loved Ones are with us always 💖

03/12/2025

27/11/2025

Hey! You are engaged! What comes next is a season of wedding planning! It can knock your socks off or be a beautiful journey that enriches your relationship! I am here for
✨Wedding Season Well Being Coaching - keep your love alive and save your marriage through your wedding!🤩 So many decisions so many important conversations!
Prepare for a magnificent long thriving marriage with Deepening Your Love Couples Counseling. You will be so glad you did 💞
Hire me as your fully custom ceremony officiant. You and your guests will be over the moon with joyful tears with me - Officiant Grace as your guide and champion
Let’s get your married and let’s ensure that you stay happily deeply joyously fulfilled married for ever!





professionalweddingofficiant

22/11/2025

Once a year our local chapter of Wedding Industry Professionals Association (WIPA) throws a party for all our members. We have worked hard all season celebrating our clients and this is our night to shine and have fun. Needless to say when you have the most talented wedding event vendors at the helm, it is quite the dazzling experience. The best part is that this wonderful group truly,sincerely cares about everyone in our community. The WIPA Seattle board even wrote hand written personalized thank you cards to each and every one of us who attended the gala. We awarded some of our stand out contributors this year, raised money for Mary's Place, helping women and families transition out of homelessness, and danced for joy. Thank you to all the amazing vendors for helping us Paint The Town Red.

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10/11/2025

Very grateful for this opportunity to support more wonderful human beings longing for deep fulfilling connection and relationships. Thank you Dean Stott of DCL Anxiety and DCL Wellness for sharing me with your community.

In a culture that prizes independence and productivity, many of us have forgotten how to truly connect, not only with others, but with ourselves.We fill our days with noise and striving, yet deep down we crave something quieter and infinitely more meaningful: safety, belonging, and love that feels l...

24/10/2025

C & C found each other five years ago, and quickly discovered that they shared friends and beautiful mutual values. C is a devoted father to a softball-loving daughter. His greatest call to purpose is to be a better man for his daughter. C is a mentor to students in her Native American community and was a natural nurturer to C’s daughter when they quickly became a family during the pandemic.
Life has been busy, yet they patiently waited for the time to be right to fulfill their dream of being married. C& C live in hot, humid Florida and have made a pilgrimage to Washington and Mount Rainier for three years in a row. Last year, for a surprise engagement at the top of the mountain and this year for their soft, beautiful, misty wedding with their majestic mountain hidden in the clouds right behind their ceremony space.
Family and friends followed the pilgrimage route and came bedecked in gorgeous gowns, suits and tribal regalia. Their venue, Lake Wildnerness Lodge holds a magnicient totem pole that gazes out over the lake and became the resident Elder along with C's grandmother and other's with us in Spirit. Guests braved the raindrops and settled in to bear witness to C&C’s tender, powerful vows. We prayed and invoked God’s blessings. Along with daughter A, they blended colored sand as a ritual gesture of honoring this new level of commitment to each other. After five years of waiting, dreaming and planning, what had been there from their first meeting: “You are the one for me!” was made official. Blessings of happiness to you C & C and A. You are well on your way to your Happily Ever After. And make sure you keep making your pilgimage here to your holy mountain (and invite me to Florida when it is grey and pouring rain for the next four months. ) 😂
Thank you to Jade and team from Your Perfect Bridesmaid and the whole vendor team for helping bring this long-held dream to life.




seattle

14/10/2025

02/10/2025

Hey Hey Couples, Couples' Fan Clubs and Vendors Supporting Couples!

Do you think love can really last forever? I DO!!! I really do because I have witnessed it.

And yes those famous words spoken on your commitment day can be such an affirmation of WE WILL!! - keep loving ourselves and each other and will commit to continue to learn and grow always.

I have created a power packed couples course called Deepening Your Love. This course is not a “we need fixing” program. It gives you the skills and practices that will keep you aligned, attuned and able to navigate your own inner world and all that life will ask of you individually and together. Please have a listen to this intro video https://youtube.com/shorts/Gt5ooxo9JaE?si=C-MjDEwizqM6EC14 describing the course and check out the page on my website https://www.officiantgrace.com/deepeningyourlovecouplescourse. There you will find:
*The intro three session option
* The twelve session full course
* three free videos to help you explore how this course can support you in growing your love through the years and chapters ahead.

This is my passion project. My call to purpose is so much more than just getting you to your wedding or commitment day. I have been steeped in conscious relationship training and practice for over thirty-five years. My mentors have been some of the great relationship masters both modern and those who have shared the ancient wisdom of consciousness and empowered love through the ages.

For those of you who are not married or even single and wanting to create a conscious relationship in your life the course can be custom adapted to meet your needs.

As I say so often, enduring love is life’s greatest treasure. It is so worth investing in and I can’t wait to extend my hand and support you in Deepening Your Love.

08/09/2025

New blog post!!!

One of the most delightful consequences of being a wedding officiant and couples counselor is watching the ever-expanding community of newly married couples becoming joy-filled parents. SO MANY BABIES are arriving, and nothing brings me more joy than to witness this new chapter in the lives of thos

31/08/2025

K & S were joyfully married yesterday on a soft tranquil day at the delightful Dunn Gardens surrounded by so much beauty and a small devoted community of their Nearest and Dearest family and friends. They met at work, became instant friends and then lovers and both proclaim that they would rather be with each other than anyone on earth. Their ceremony was filled with the presence of God through prayers, a lovely poem written by S's mom and read by his sister, tender traditional vows and ring exchanges and an incredibly sweet White Dove release at the end. S's mom raised and trained doves and there could not have been a more poignant and beautiful way to honor her spirit than to see these lovely birds fly off together, mated for life, to inspire K & S as they also begin their married "mated for life" journey. Thank you dear S & K for the honor of officiating for you. You put so much thoughtful creativity and intention into your ceremony and gave me such a strong confidence in your future as husband and wife. And what a vendor team led by the gracious Victoria - the gardens are a perfect wedding setting that also involve some intricate logistics and lots of steps and trolly pulling through forested walkways to bring forth all the beauty and elegance of this very special couple and their love celebration. Oh summer, you sure have beautifully blessed so many couples this year and I am incredibly fulfilled to have been there to affirm the "We Do's" - especially when they are as sincerely and exuberantly expressed as today. gardens






stay tuned for full vendor list.

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.