Candle Ceremony at Bovey Castle
I received this beautiful letter all the way from America today! Mike and Maryam wrote:
Thank you so much for making our special day so unique, intimate and tailored to us as a couple. Everyone raved about what a beautiful ceremony it was!
Mike and Maryam chose a Candle Lighting as part of their Wedding Ceremony at Bovey Castle, Devon. Their mothers lit the outer two candles representing their son and daughter then I asked Mike and Maryam to light the middle candle together:
This candle represents the coming together of two lives and, even though you remain individuals with your own unique strengths and weaknesses, you accept the other as their highest priority. It is a relationship that strengthens the individual through love, honour and respect. As this one light cannot be divided so you will be united from this day forth and go forward into a shining lifetime together.
A truly wonderful ceremony that united, not only Mike and Maryam but their families as well!
Ellie and Joe’s Wedding
Ellie and Joe wrote: I just wanted to say thank you for everything you did you make our ceremony so perfect
It was a glorious day as we celebrated Ellie and Joe’s wedding in Ellie’s parents garden. We watched the bride and her father following her Bridesmaids and Flower Girl as they walked from the house to the field to meet her handsome groom.
What is a Marriage?
What is a marriage?
It’s loving and cherishing, hopefully relishing
Its hosting and toasting and Sunday roasting
Its having and holding, the odd little scolding
It’s guessing, confessing and nightly undressing
It’s trying, relying, a little white lying
It’s snoring, adoring, occasionally boring
It’s knowing and showing and mutually growing
It’s compliment giving and always forgiving
It’s sharing and caring and dressing gown wearing
It’s walking, its talking and bottle uncorking
It’s tender supporting and raucous cavorting
It’s secret confiding and shoulder providing
It’s readily praising and often amazing
It’s loving, respecting and calmly accepting
It’s cleaning, its mopping, its waltzing and bopping
Its needing, conceding and possibly breeding
It’s playing and paying, its coping and staying
It’s comfort when weeping, a warm body sleeping
It’s lives interweaving and always believing
That’s what makes a marriage.
Their hand fasting cord was made of three strands with their beautiful dog Luna’s fur woven into the white ribbon;
White– Wholeness, completion and inspiration
Green – Growth, prosperity and balance
Blue – Understanding, patience and loyalty
They walked back down the aisle as their guests cheered and threw lavender and rose petals!
