(picture courtesy mchew, thanks mchew!)
we were gathered saturday to witness this union of this man and this woman in matrimony. that’s right, the wedding of greg and cheryl was this weekend. they had a wonderful wedding. i was the officiant for their wedding.
people ask me how it is that i came about becoming the officiant for them. one day greg was talking to someone and he was asked who was going to marry him and cheryl. neither of them are religious and they didn’t want to have a religious ceremony. he said that he hadn’t thought much about it and didn’t know. i had made an offhand comment that i would totally marry them. greg said he’d ask cheryl about it and the next day he IMs me and says, “so…were you serious about marrying us?” and that’s how it all started.
the ceremony itself was great. it fit greg and cheryl quite well, humorous at times, heartfelt at others. the letters to their parents got me teary-eyed. both of them.
i was pretty nervous officiating the wedding. i didn’t want to mess up their wedding, and i was a little unsure about whether or not some of the humorous parts of the ceremony would go over well. but in the end, i think it came out well.
that’s three weddings this year: geoff and pak, paul and leeya, and now greg and cheryl. i think our wedding will be the last of the year.
i think you did a fine job as an officiant. it was interesting, though, because you spoke most of it in a very formal tone, but when you got to the anecdote (about the scary movie), you suddenly changed to a very informal, conversational manner. it suited the story very well, but it was definitely a different tone.
i really liked the letters to the parents, too. it was very touching.
yeah, that was actually intentional. i wanted to try and keep most of the ceremony pretty formal and official, but during the story i related about my first meeting with cheryl, i wanted it to be a bit more personal in tone. i had actually practiced it as a formal story, but felt that it didn’t come off quite as well.
the letters to the parents were very touching.
I also think you did a marvelous job. Public speaking was never my forte so I admire anyone who’s able to do it…especially in front of a large crowd of family and friends. If you do it in front of strangers, at least you never have to see them again. But with close family and friends, they’ll never let you forget. 🙂
Technically, TECHNICALLY, I can still be the last wedding of the year. Ya never know. Heh heh.