wedding post #2
Ok so, I have the pretty things all figured out... the rest is all kind of boring to plan. but it IS important. This includes the actual wedding ceremony.
For now, we're planning for it to be something like this:
the flower girl walks down the aisle and throws little white rose petals, the parents walk down the aisle and then sit down, the braidesmaids and groomsmen walk down the aisle and stand on the sides, then my dad takes me down the aisle to where william and the officiant are standing.
then, the officiant (a nice woman named gerry) will open with some words.... who knows what. something nice i suppose. she probably has that planned out.
next, i think there should be the reading. we want something sweet and meaningful to be read at the ceremony. somethign likeL
To Be One With Each Other” by George Eliot
What greater thing is there for two human souls
than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen
each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow,
to share with each other in all gladness,
to be one with each other in the
silent unspoken memories?
or
ON LOVE
~ By Thomas Kempis ~
Love is a mighty power,
a great and complete good.
Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth.
It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders
all bitterness sweet and acceptable.
Nothing is sweeter than love,
Nothing stronger,
Nothing higher,
Nothing wider,
Nothing more pleasant,
Nothing fuller or better in heaven or earth; for love is born of God.
Love flies, runs and leaps for joy.
It is free and unrestrained.
Love knows no limits, but ardently transcends all bounds.
Love feels no burden, takes no account of toil,
attempts things beyond its strength.
Love sees nothing as impossible,
for it feels able to achieve all things.
It is strange and effective,
while those who lack love faint and fail.
Love is not fickle and sentimental,
nor is it intent on vanities.
Like a living flame and a burning torch,
it surges upward and surely surmounts every obstacle.
orrr
SOUND OF SILENCE
~ By Raymond J. Baughan ~
Here in the space between us and the world
lies human meaning.
Into the vast uncertainty we call.
The echoes make our music,
sharp equations which can hold the stars,
and marvelous mythologies we trust.
This may be all we need
to lift our love against indifference and pain.
Here in the space between us and each other
lies all the future
of the fragment of the universe
Those are some good examples of what we want (err, at least what I want.. i guess i should ask william). Something short and sweet.
after the reading (some well-dressed handsome young man will perform the reading), it will be time to exchange vows. we will have very special, meaningful vows that we have put together (not necessarily written ourselves though)....
once the vows are completed, I believe we will then exchange rings. lala, all that fun stuff.
THEN, we will lastly do the unity sand ceremony, where we unite our bodies (symbolized by different colors of sand) together!!! so it will look like one of those sand craft things that just sit on your shelf and collect dust. but, since it's outdoors we cannot easily light a candle. the sand ceremony is unique and sort of interesting.
when that's over, i think that's when we kiss and are pronounced husband and wife. hurrah!
then it's party time.
anyway, i guess i'm just trying to organize the ceremony. we're going to print up ceremony programs here pretty soon, so it must be figured out!
oh and for music, i almost forgot!!!!!!!!
the prelude will be a borodin quartet played by my MSU symphony friends
the processional MIGHT be a Bach Fugue Trio (originally for the well-tempered organ bwaha-- it's kind of dark and mysterious for a wedding song, but im excited about that)
and then for the entrance of the bride (aka ME), it might change to something else.
We need to pick out a small song for the sand ceremony.... a short, 30 second thing.
then for the recessional....hmm... we must pick something out for that too!
ok, well, i'll get busy on all that.
For now, we're planning for it to be something like this:
the flower girl walks down the aisle and throws little white rose petals, the parents walk down the aisle and then sit down, the braidesmaids and groomsmen walk down the aisle and stand on the sides, then my dad takes me down the aisle to where william and the officiant are standing.
then, the officiant (a nice woman named gerry) will open with some words.... who knows what. something nice i suppose. she probably has that planned out.
next, i think there should be the reading. we want something sweet and meaningful to be read at the ceremony. somethign likeL
To Be One With Each Other” by George Eliot
What greater thing is there for two human souls
than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen
each other in all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow,
to share with each other in all gladness,
to be one with each other in the
silent unspoken memories?
or
ON LOVE
~ By Thomas Kempis ~
Love is a mighty power,
a great and complete good.
Love alone lightens every burden, and makes rough places smooth.
It bears every hardship as though it were nothing, and renders
all bitterness sweet and acceptable.
Nothing is sweeter than love,
Nothing stronger,
Nothing higher,
Nothing wider,
Nothing more pleasant,
Nothing fuller or better in heaven or earth; for love is born of God.
Love flies, runs and leaps for joy.
It is free and unrestrained.
Love knows no limits, but ardently transcends all bounds.
Love feels no burden, takes no account of toil,
attempts things beyond its strength.
Love sees nothing as impossible,
for it feels able to achieve all things.
It is strange and effective,
while those who lack love faint and fail.
Love is not fickle and sentimental,
nor is it intent on vanities.
Like a living flame and a burning torch,
it surges upward and surely surmounts every obstacle.
orrr
SOUND OF SILENCE
~ By Raymond J. Baughan ~
Here in the space between us and the world
lies human meaning.
Into the vast uncertainty we call.
The echoes make our music,
sharp equations which can hold the stars,
and marvelous mythologies we trust.
This may be all we need
to lift our love against indifference and pain.
Here in the space between us and each other
lies all the future
of the fragment of the universe
Those are some good examples of what we want (err, at least what I want.. i guess i should ask william). Something short and sweet.
after the reading (some well-dressed handsome young man will perform the reading), it will be time to exchange vows. we will have very special, meaningful vows that we have put together (not necessarily written ourselves though)....
once the vows are completed, I believe we will then exchange rings. lala, all that fun stuff.
THEN, we will lastly do the unity sand ceremony, where we unite our bodies (symbolized by different colors of sand) together!!! so it will look like one of those sand craft things that just sit on your shelf and collect dust. but, since it's outdoors we cannot easily light a candle. the sand ceremony is unique and sort of interesting.
when that's over, i think that's when we kiss and are pronounced husband and wife. hurrah!
then it's party time.
anyway, i guess i'm just trying to organize the ceremony. we're going to print up ceremony programs here pretty soon, so it must be figured out!
oh and for music, i almost forgot!!!!!!!!
the prelude will be a borodin quartet played by my MSU symphony friends
the processional MIGHT be a Bach Fugue Trio (originally for the well-tempered organ bwaha-- it's kind of dark and mysterious for a wedding song, but im excited about that)
and then for the entrance of the bride (aka ME), it might change to something else.
We need to pick out a small song for the sand ceremony.... a short, 30 second thing.
then for the recessional....hmm... we must pick something out for that too!
ok, well, i'll get busy on all that.