Sandpearl Resort Florida - Congratulations Carrie and Omar

One of the greatest part of my role as an officiant is the opportunity to meet so many beautiful and loving couples who want to spend the rest of their lives together. Carrie and Omar are a fantastic couple, and I worked with them to customize their religious ceremony. The wedding was held on the beach at the magnificent Sandpearl Resort, in Clearwater, Florida, where they had a blended sand ritual to demonstrate the joining of their lives together. It was a sunny warm day with a slight breeze, and the Sandpearl staff brought out a refreshment stand with cooling drinks for the guests. After the ceremony, before the dinner, the couple lit a unity candle inside the reception hall. Omar and Carrie, Congratulations!!! Best wishes for a very long, healthy and happy marriage!

Saco, Maine Beach Wedding

Ashley and David and their families had a destination wedding to Saco, Maine.  The cottage a short walk down the boardwalk to the beach, and the location was stunning. The weather was sunny and warm, and the couple were so happy as they shared their vows in front of their families and friends!  Maine has such a long and beautiful coastine, there are so many locations for a beach wedding. Congratulations Ashley and David! 

If you are thinking about a destination wedding to either New England or Florida, please give me a call at 207 590-6339 and I will be happy to help you to find the location that is just what you are looking for!

Tarpon Springs - Florida Wedding

Ann and Jon spent a great deal of time vacationing in Tarpon Springs and when they decided to tie the knot, they knew exactly where they would like to do that. With their toes in the sand, the breeze blowing through the palm trees and the ocean lapping the shore, they had a very intimate and beautiful wedding ceremony. They spoke their own custom vows, and the love they have for each other was very evident! Congratulations to Ann and Jon, may you have a long, happy and healthy marriage!

Massachusetts Wedding at Primavera!

Congratulations Krissy and David!!!!!!!!!!!! They tied the knot at the magnificent Primavera in Millis, Massachusetts.  The Primavera was the perfect setting with it's magnificent three story grande atrium, which is breathtaking!  The sweeping princess staircase and the Romeo & Juliet balconies are full of ornate wrought iron railings, along with Roman Columns and Italian granite floors  Krissy and David had their ceremony inside due to the rainy weather, but the warmth of their love and commitment was evident to all!  They shared their heartfelt vows and demonstrated the blending of their lives with a beautiful sand ceremony ritual. David and Krissy, I wish you all the best for a very long, healthy, and loving life!

Get Off to a Great Start!

Couples I meet, who are not getting married in a church or place of worship, where pre-marital counseling is required, often ask me if I can provide counseling to help them to get off to a great start and deal with any challenges in their relationship befre they become problems. For couples that secure my services, I offer them something special. I offer them a course that will also allow them the opportunity to receive a discount on their marriage license.


Here's a little bit of what you will learn:

• The normal stages of a relationship
• Skills for important conversations
• How to nourish your relationship daiy
• How to create a vision together
• How to manage change and differences safely
• How to have fun as a couple!

Marriage requires work and effort. This course will prepare you for whatever the future may bring as well as enhance and protect the loving relationship that you already have! Give yourselves the wonderful gift of marriage preparation. Let me know if you are interested in this service!

Allow me write your custom ceremony and vows!!

Times sure are changing!  As they say in the wedding business, "It's not your mothers' wedding anymore"!  That's right.  More often that not, I have met couples who have a close friend or a relative who they would love to have officiate their ceremony.  If you are in that situation, and they are a notary, or have permission for a one day officiating for you, then let me write your custom ceremony and your personalized vows!

I would be honored to work with you to create a ceremony of your dreams, including the vows that you would like to share with each other.  I will talk with you personally to get the feel for your wishes and style, and then write the ceremony and mail it to you for your own use.

The fee for this custom ceremony would be  $100.00 and I would mail the ceremony to you within two weeks of our conversation.    Please email me at lovingunity@gmail.com and we can get the process started!!

Invitation To Love

A beautiful poem from the Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection

Invitation To Love

Come when the nights are bright with stars
or when the moon is mellow;
Come when the sun his golden bars
drops on the hay-field yellow.
Come in the twilight soft and gray,
Come in the night of come in the day,
Come, O Love, whene're you may,
And you are welcome, welcome.

You are sweet, O Love, dear Love,
You are soft as the nesting dove.
Come to my heart and bring it rest.
As the bird flies home to its welcome nest.

Come when my heart is full of grief
Or when my heart is merry;
Come with the falling of the leaf,
Or with the redd'ning cherry.

Come when the year's first blossom blows,
Come when the summer gleams and glows,
Come with the winter's drifting snows,
And you are welcome, welcome.

If you have some other wedding readings that you would like to share, please send them along.

What is Maine Wedding Connections???

I wish that when I got married, I would have had the opportunity to make just one call and find all the experts that I needed for every detail that had to be handled for my wedding! Things sure have changed since back then...........and for the better! I am honored to be associated with the great professionals of Maine Wedding Connections. This team consists of experienced Maine Wedding Professionals who are committed to providing you with the very best products and services available. The term PROFESSIONAL means that this group commits to high quality standards and ethics and this is critical. They coordinate their work and services with the team members that will best provide you with this same high standards and ethics.

Why should you consider calling them???

• they will save you time
• they are familiar with all the venues and other professionals
• they will save you money
• they will eliminate STRESS!!!! Now, that is truly the reason to call.

The Maine Wedding Connections will save you the time of making calls, long distance or other time consuming calls, they will take care of the interviewing of vendors that you may need, and they will save you from running from appointment to appointment.

Have a look at their website at www.MaineWeddingConnections.com

In the prior post, I told you about the Meet the Experts Weekend at the Nonantum. It is free of charge and you will have an opportunity to meet the professionals from Maine Wedding Connections and see for yourself! You will also have a chance to win a night on the town courtesy of the Maine Wedding Connections. That night on the town includes an all inclusive date night for two, with limousine, and theater show and an evening stay at the Clarion in Portland. Go to their website and click on the link and fill out the survey and you are well on your way to a great night out on the town!!!!!

New England Weddings - Ask the Experts Weekend!!

I am so excited that I will be a panelist at the "Ask The Experts Weekend" that is scheduled at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine on May 22-24, 2009. There are many couples thinking about destination weddings for this summer,and also for 2010 and beyond. Are you unsure about how to get answers to all of the important questions that you have? Do you need some help and direction in going through all the details of the planning for the most important event of your life? This is your opportunity to get the answers to your questions by people who are experienced and dedicated to the wedding profession. You will have the opportunity to spend a weekend talking with these top professionals in the wedding industry, and also visiting reception sites from Kittery to Boothbay. The Nonantum is an exquisite location and this is a fantastic opportunity for you to stay there for two nights as you tour the Southern Maine venues. They have a great package price available for you and the informative weekend includes:

• 2 nights lodging in the Carriage Inn at the Nonantum
• Breakfast for two on both mornings
• Saturday morning question and answer session with representatives from the Maine Wedding Connection.

The price for this great weekend is $199 for 2 people, not including tax. This is a great opportunity for you.

The Nonantum Resort

95 Ocean Avenue, P.O. Box 2626

Kennebunkport, Maine 040456-2626

Toll free: 1-800-552-5651

Phone: 207-967-4050

Fax: 207-967-8451

stay@nonantumresort.com

Hope to see you there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!