Your Wedding

The most important thing is that your ceremony should reflect you and your desires. To that end I will meet with you a number of times. If you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, we can meet in person. If you live elsewhere, we can have the meetings by phone. Like everything else in this process, the number of times we meet, how and where we meet, and how we plan your ceremony will really be up to you. I will emphasize flexibility throughout the process. 
 
The Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, once said that “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” I will keep that in mind in our meetings. I will not come with a “checklist” of things I need to do or I need to say. I will concentrate on you. Your wedding or commitment ceremony is about you, and should be about creating a memorable ceremony that will stay with you for years to come.

During the initial stage, I will spend time getting to know you as people, and I will ask you questions – general and specific – to gather information regarding your needs and desires. You need not worry about coming up with clear answers to each question (though it is certainly OK if you do) at that stage. The main thing is to get you thinking about what you want to see in your ceremony. 

After you have had some time to think about the questions we raised during the initial stage, we will begin to craft your ceremony together, and the ceremony elements and order will start to gel. During the more advanced stages of preparation we will together continue to make progress towards carefully crafting a ceremony that will reflect your individuality and uniqueness, as no two couples are alike. 

At the end of this process, and well in advance of your wedding, you will have a written copy of your ceremony, based on our discussions and approved by you. I will absolutely make sure that you will be confident that your wedding ceremony will indeed make your most special day truly wonderful.

You may wonder why under the heading Your Wedding, I do not actually describe what your wedding will look like. Of course, in light of the above approach, it should make sense. Since we, together, will build the ceremony around you as a couple, rather than me "shoehorning" you into a pre-written ceremony, there is no way to describe exactly what it will look like. 

If you do wish to get a glimpse of previous couples' ceremonies, check out the videos below (which are followed by a picture gallery). You may also click on the Sample Testimonials page to read what couples had to say about their ceremonies. You will like what you read! You may view a full ceremony on the bottom of my homepage.