The setting for this Beautiful Florida Wedding was Tarpon Lodge on Pine Island. Jason and Jasmine were a picture-perfect couple as they vowed commitment to each other before family and friends. With the string music playing and the final blessing shared the couple caught the last rays of the setting sun overlooking the [...]
As the popularity of unconventional engagement rings grows, jewelers are taking note and creating unique, unusual rings in an array of distinctive designs.
Celebrities are leading this trend by infusing their own personal style in their engagement rings and adding meaningful details to them. Whether it be the color, shape, or cut, engagement rings today are [...]
From Ottawa Ontario to Naples, FL — they came, the sun was bright and the seas beautifully calm. A perfect day for a couple who have been planning this day for more than a year. With family and friends, the groom greeted his bride as they walk onto the sand — her father giving her hand [...]
youngest guest at our wedding tonight..all the way from the UK!
I’ll never forget my own wedding, 12 years ago, my fiesty flower girls dressed in kilts and tams,running around during our wedding ceremony.The laughter and the clicking of their shoes brought smiles to our faces,but I must admit, when we were in a moment of [...]
The storm in the Gulf did not stop a brave couple from Wisconsin today — the I D0′s happened on the Marco Island beachfront with high winds, lots of love and NO RAIN! The song “Wind beneath my wings” took on new meaning as Nick and Christy expressed their love to each other witnessed by [...]
Marco Marriott, Sanibel Harbour Marriott, Marco South Beach and Marco Beach Ocean Resort – 4 venues 5 weddings/vow renewals. It’s been a very busy month of officiating and each event gave me pause to consider the love, devotion, family support and blended families that ushered in a new life together.
Destination wedding/vow renewals are quite popular [...]
I always make time for what matters when I am officiating a wedding.That begins the day before, when I especially hold the couples’ intentions in prayer, especially for a beautiful Florida sunset.While I am especially fond of planning destination weddings, it is always an honor to officiate them.
Being an officiant privileges me to walking “down [...]
Years ago, when training as a spiritual director ,I was fortunate enough to be able to continue my study of Carl Jung’s work.
Before this time,as a therapist , I gravitated to helping people navigate the inner world of who they really were.
An article came my way that has forever remained in my mind; it was [...]
Each of us in the wedding business likes to think of ourselves as indispensable. What would you do without the collective services of all those you believe to be crucial to your most special day? These are legitimate concerns for any couple, but especially for those contemplating destination or out-of-town weddings in unfamiliar places with [...]