i carry your heart with me, by e.e. cummings is a favorite wedding poem for many. In fact, some time ago, a favorite bride surprised her groom by reading the …
The mother of a recent groom introduced me to this particular passage from Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s “A Gift from the Sea.” It is a ...
The emotional crescendo of the wedding is always the vows. So, naturally brides and grooms may have some anxiety in choosing exactly the right words ...
When working with couples–even those who have attended many weddings–they are confused about “where to start” in conceptualizi ...
I have noticed a trend among recent brides and grooms that may serve as inspiration for those thinking about their wedding ceremonies. Recent couples have turned to popular song lyrics ...
From time-to-time couples want an “element of surprise” in their wedding. One recent couple asked a beloved friend to do a reading during the ceremony….something that she selected, but they ...
I have been honored to work with many gay couples since the passage of New York’s Marriage Equality Law this past summer. Most of these couples have been partnered for ...
I don’t love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz or arrow of carnations that propagate fire: I love you as certain dark things are loved, secretly, between the ...
This poem, introduced to me by a recent couple that I married, is a perfect closing wish for a ceremony script. In this particular wedding, the reading was shared by ...
Wendell Berry is the kind of person we all want to have in our lives. He reminds me of Thomas Jefferson…..wise, reflective, philosophical, communitarian, and an advocate for the ...
