We spent last Sunday really plunging in on our wedding planning, and one of the things on our list was to start thinking about our ceremony and vows. Oddly, this one piece of planning really made it sink home that we’re actually getting married. I guess that makes sense because the ceremony is the core of the wedding, and a wedding ain’t really a wedding without some sort of ceremony (even if it’s in Vegas at 2 a.m. and you’re both slurring the words “I do”).
Groomasaurus Gal came up with the excellent idea of a sand ceremony , which I guess was made popular by The Bachlorette series (which was news to me, as I’ve never watched the show). Regardless, our wedding will be on a beach in Mexico, and it seemed only fitting to include the sand ceremony as a symbol of us joining our lives together. Plus, I like the idea of having a keepsake in the form of a glass of sand (much better than the unity candle thing, IMHO).
The sand ceremony is perfect for a beach wedding, although these colors are so 1984. - Photo courtesy of AustinWeddingNews.com
As for the rest of the ceremony, it would be great if everything was written specifically for the occasion – readings, vows, officiant’s homily. Our officiant will be my mom, who is a retired ordained clergy in the United Church of Christ, so I’m sure she can help us out. I’d really like to ask a couple of our friends to write something for our service that they can then read. One of my friends asked me to do this a while back for their wedding, and I feel the poem I wrote for that occasion is still one of the best things I’ve written in a decade.
Anyway, there will be more to come…
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