Helen and Luke were married in this past November, just next to the wonderful wedding tree, in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, always a great venue! These two were fabulous to work with, genuinely lovely people who adore one another, and they had such a funny story to share about the night of the wedding proposal, which just made their audience laugh out loud. I love moments like that, sharing a story of love, a story of two people who deserve one another and the best that life can offer them. These two are perfect. Luckily, they had perfect weather on their day, because the day before saw us rained out, unable to do a proper rehearsal. Their wedding was styled by the fabulous girls Lily & Lace, and their photographer was Tara from TLC Photography, one of my faves. Congratulations Helen and Luke: I just loved your wedding day xx
“Blessing
For A Marriage” -- James Dillet Freeman
May
your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring,
and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding. May you
always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to
know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the valley does
not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a valley because
it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with you and you. May you need
one another, but not out of weakness. May you want one another, but not out of
lack. May you entice one another, but not compel one another. May you embrace
one another, but not out encircle one another. May you succeed in all important
ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for
things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of
small faults. If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to
have good sense enough to take the first step back. May you enter into the
mystery which is the awareness of one another's presence - no more physical
than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when
you are in separate rooms or even distant cities. May you have happiness, and
may you find it making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find
it loving one another.
