One of the better things I’ve done in my life was to get ordained online because under the laws of the State of Wisconsin this means I’m legally allowed to officiate weddings.
A proper wedding is a time of joy. Two people declare their love for each other and set off for their future together, and while you don’t necessarily need to be married to do that it is a fact that rituals matter in life and it is a lovely thing to mark the occasion with a ceremony.
I got to officiate a wedding today.
I’ve known Camrin and Jacob since they were in grade school. Camrin, in fact, invited Oliver to her birthday party when they were both in kindergarten. We’re all adults now and I consider both of them to be friends, and when they asked me to be the officiant for their wedding, well, of course I said yes. It would be a pleasure and an honor.
I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
It was a short, simple ceremony with just family in attendance. They’re planning a larger Celebration of Marriage ceremony for later but this was an important date for them so they wanted to have the actual wedding today.
There is much good in this world, and sometimes we get to be part of it.
Congratulations to Camrin and Jacob! May you know joy and love together all your days.
A proper wedding is a time of joy. Two people declare their love for each other and set off for their future together, and while you don’t necessarily need to be married to do that it is a fact that rituals matter in life and it is a lovely thing to mark the occasion with a ceremony.
I got to officiate a wedding today.
I’ve known Camrin and Jacob since they were in grade school. Camrin, in fact, invited Oliver to her birthday party when they were both in kindergarten. We’re all adults now and I consider both of them to be friends, and when they asked me to be the officiant for their wedding, well, of course I said yes. It would be a pleasure and an honor.
I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
It was a short, simple ceremony with just family in attendance. They’re planning a larger Celebration of Marriage ceremony for later but this was an important date for them so they wanted to have the actual wedding today.
There is much good in this world, and sometimes we get to be part of it.
Congratulations to Camrin and Jacob! May you know joy and love together all your days.
2 comments:
Agreed on all counts. I've only ended up using my ordination once thus far, but it was a thing of joy indeed.
I have been low on comments recently; where is all the extra time that retirement is supposed to bring? :)
It's such a lovely thing to be able to do for people. :)
I think the whole "extra time" thing is mostly just wishful thinking. There's all the things that you were meaning to do before you retired that fill up the days, and then new things. After he retired my grandfather used to say that he didn't know how he ever found time to go to work.
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