It's a Small Private Ceremony

On rare occasions by my choice, I serve as the wedding officiant for small, very private ceremonies that make a marriage legal. Often these couples plan a more formal ceremony to which their larger circle of family and friends will be invited.

Sometimes the matter at hand is health care insurance, immigration, or child custody issues. All good reasons to step into a legal marriage that brings with it many privileges and responsibilties.

I did such a ceremony last Saturday for a couple who will be formally married at a later date. It was an intimate and elegant ceremony with their very immediate family members present. The documents were signed, and champagne was popped.

I hope they didn't miss the view outside the hotel suite windows. Here's what I saw:


Ceremony Tip: When your ceremony is private/"secret," do include those close to you who will know what is happening and can be trusted, don't eliminate all trappings of a ceremony...make this moment special too, and find some way to acknowledge this day in your journey to getting married...a ring, a rose, or a formal portrait.


Julie Laudicina, Celebrant!
A Civil Wedding Officiant