A celebrant wedding allows you complete freedom to express your ideas and words, declaring in public why you have chosen each other.
I am sure we have all been to weddings which feel dry, lack personality and which can feel like a box ticking exercise.
For some, that can be enough.
But I feel a wedding ceremony – and the official start of your life together – should be more. It’s an opportunity to find the best words which reflect the way you feel about one another and what you are committing to the relationship.
As a couples’ counsellor I believe it’s important to think about these words and why you have chosen one another. The ceremony should draw in your guests, be filled with laughter and share the unique story that belongs to you.
Above all, your ceremony should not be boring. Let’s think outside the box.
I am in the throes of writing a wedding script for a fantastic couple. When I first met them were rather shy about sharing their reasons as to why they chose each other. Both academics, they were worried it would all sound a bit over the top and schmaltzy.
Honestly, if you can’t show off a bit on your wedding day, when can you?
Through a careful choice of words and using humour at the right points, they are now one hundred per cent on board and totally comfortable with the script. As an ex-journalist I can normally find the right words and tone.
Think of your ceremony as a glorious painting with the shapes, colours and expression entirely for you to imagine and create. The canvas is blank and you have complete freedom to fill it however you want.