The procession was managed very well by the staff at the Grand Oaks Country Club on Staten Island. This newly renovated venue lends itself to a dramatic and beautiful ceremony with it's garden-like setting and charming gazebo.
As I prepared for this ceremony I was thinking it was quite minimal, and I expected that it might just fall flat. But to my surprise, and I should have realized this, when it's a wedding, even the most simple words that speak the truth with feeling are meaningful. This couple, their families, and their guests were listening carefully, finding moments of sentiment, and delighting in the intensity of this moment for JoAnn and Rocco.
So the lesson that I have learned over and over...yet again...is that "short and simple" ceremony doesn't mean the ceremony is not worth the time it takes or that the couple doesn't care about their vows or that the guests and family won't take it seriously.
Rocco and JoAnn...you are lovingly married, ceremoniously linked forever, and truly celebrated for all you have pledged to one another.
And who could resist that wonderful golden color just before a summer sunset...!
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