It's a Celebrant Thing...

 It took a while...but yesterday I delivered my newest baby into the world...my first carefully crafted Wedding Ceremony. I loved the whole process of working with the happy couple and translating their ideas and vision into a perfect ceremony. Seeing the happiness on their faces made me quite emotional! It was a massive learning curve for me and I have learned many things.  I was surprised at how much responsibility was placed on me by the venue...the wedding planner asked if I would like to allow alcoholic drinks into the ceremony (I curled my toes and concluded not...I wanted to avoid any opportunities for heckling !)...what music I had brought for the seat filling minutes (not something that had been mentionned before...thank you Amazon music on my phone!)...whether to allow a pause in the procedings for a photo opportunity of the couple (again, new suggestion which I did manage to present happily to the couple and which ultimately worked really well). I was glad that I ha...