Sep. 9, 2019

Authentic, realistic wedding vows recognizing the shadow self

"I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labour has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you…"

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10 Comments May. 1, 2019

Unpopular opinion: you shouldn’t write your own vows

Here's the fantasy: You and the love of your life stand, hand-in-hand, staring into each other's eyes, as each of you in turn showers the other with beautiful words of…..

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Apr. 19, 2019

21 modern poems that make swoon-worthy wedding readings

Finding the right wedding readings for your ceremony can be a bear if you don't know where to look. This is especially so if you're diverting from traditional and/or religious readings and want something more modern, secular, funny, or all of the above. I wanted to see what was cooking in modern poetry to see if there were some new poems that would make amazing wedding readings that we hadn't seen before. Spoiler alert: there were!

Oct. 3, 2018

Our delicious unity beer ceremony was… hopping (plus our ceremony wording!)

Craft beer has been such a huge part of our relationship that when we were planning our wedding (featured here!), we wanted to include it somehow. I suggested a unity beer ceremony, but we couldn't find any wording online that we liked. We ended up creating our own from scratch, complete with our own unique brand of humor.