When the wedding you have been looking forward to for months finally happens and it is even more spectacular than you imagined it would be, there is an experience of creative joy and fulfillment that is off the charts.

There is a special place in my heart for couples who are willing to open their hearts to love and marriage a second or even third time. Most of us have grown up with the myth of finding our one and only soul mate and getting married “till death do us part.” What is true about life is that we learn as we go, we live through cycles and we are constantly given the opportunity to begin anew.

With experience comes wisdom, self awareness and also an invitation. Will you choose to open again? Will you chose to keep learning and keep growing? Will you choose joy?

What a delight and honor to help Kathleen and Patrick marry each other all over again, right in my own magical garden.

At this time when our world is so fragile and fraught with fear and uncertainty, we had a simple, short celebration of the triumph of love. Not just a “once in a lifetime” love but an ” I choose you all over again” love.

Life sometimes aligns in extraordinary ways and yesterday, September 25, 2021 was most certainly one of those days. As we slip past the Autumn Equinox and know for certain, that the warm, glorious days of summer are fading fast, we were blessed with brilliant blue skies and radiant sunshine, soft warm breezes making the brilliant red, orange and yellow leaves dance and sparkle.

As some of you know, I have had the honor of being part of a wonderful new wedding enterprise called Seattle Tiny Weddings. Spectacular, all inclusive, boutique style weddings completely curated, designed and delivered with venue and vendors and every last detail taken care of for the couples. They sign up, have a few meetings and “show up to the church on time.” Long ago, I signed up to be on hand for September 25th and looked forward to being part of the line up. Three to five weddings, all day long at the same venue, ready to help multiple couples say their “I Do’s” and have their mini celebration with local friends and family and many more live streamed in from around the country and the world.