Weddings and Vow Renewals

     How amazing to find someone with whom to share your love and life! Your story is uniquely yours, and your wedding should be, too. The ceremony is the time when you are fully present, making and receiving promises and symbols. It is a sacred celebration to mark the commitment you will make to each other.  

     There can be a lot of pressure surrounding the planning of a wedding--childhood dreams, expectations of families, not to mention the websites and magazines describing how to make your perfect wedding. But none of that ever seems to address the ritual itself, what it means to the two who will be committing themselves to each other. 

    That is where I can help. I ask questions, listen to the stories, and draw out what this means for each person, and for the two together. Sometimes the wedding looks familiar, and sometimes it is completely new. Through our conversations, you will learn the reason for each part and for the choices of words. I will create a ceremony that marks the meaning of the occasion for you, a wedding that is personal, meaningful, and sacred. 

     I am able to officiate weddings of any size. I have married couples who are non-religious, religious, of different religions; couples who are of the same or different genders; couples who have never been married before and couples where one or both were married before. I can legally marry couples, or I can create a ceremony that marks a commitment when legality isn't desired or needed.  I love to find ways to include children if either or both partners have children; it can be important to include them in meaningful ways.