Wedding for 5

At the moment, until we move out of this Lockdown, we can only have 5 people at a wedding, the couple, their witnesses and the celebrant.

I thoroughly recommend it.

In February we had a family wedding. For a change, I wasn’t leading it, my daughter was the celebrant. Her brother was marrying his partner. (I know - it was very confusing for people when I told them ‘my daughter is marrying my son this weekend’.)

I wondered if it might be odd, not having anyone else there to witness the event and whether it would seem a bit awkward and contrived, doing a formal ceremony.

I can’t absolutely say it was one of the loveliest ceremonies I’ve ever attended - moving, surprising, delightful.

Even though it was just us, the fact that the celebrant created a beautiful script full of very intimate stories of their love affair, how and where they met, how they’d grown together, why they’d decided now to get married, was so very personal and touching.

And for me, to witness these two handsome men hold each other’s hands with care and love, exchange rings, say heartfelt vows - well everyone was close to tears and doing their best to hold it together.

That’s what a meaningful ceremony is all about.

Who needs a big party.

If you want to talk about how to create your own small ceremony, get in touch.

If you want to book a date for a hopeful summer wedding, remember we can shuffle dates on easily if you need to. We’ve had plenty practice this year.