May Blizzards of Love: Rocky Mountain National Park Elopement
They contacted me in March for their May Rocky Mountain National Park elopement, and it sounded perfect. The park is breathtaking year round, but springtime is extra magical, with all the new green shoots, baby aspen leaves, and the smell of renewal in the air. Mother...
Musing on the gift of a well-crafted funeral ceremony
In writing my page about my services as a funeral officiant, telling the story of my experience at my young cousin's funeral ceremony was the first thing that came to mind. I have been thinking again and again about this...
Rocky Mountain National Park Elopement Ceremony
We got Rocky Mountain National Park'ed at this quintessential Colorado elopement ceremony, by the side of Sprague Lake. At 4:30, it was sunny and warm. By ceremony's start at 5pm, a storm blew in and it was cold and drizzly. No worries though, I just asked the couple...
Washington Park Custom Wedding Ceremony – Denver
The earth was well dressed for this Washington Park wedding ceremony -- what a stunning location, what exquisite flowers, what a magical day, and what an honor to be entrusted with capturing the love of this couple. Kent Meireis captured some beautiful love in these...
Transgender Naming Ceremony: a new name, an open door
The shortened story of transgender naming ceremony: For as long as she was aware of having a gender, which for most children awakens around three, she knew she was a girl. Her parents were a bit mystified, as she was born male. They set up rules: you can be a girl at...
No ceremony vs. small ceremony or elopement
An client from the past recently reached out to me. She has a friend who was contemplating marriage, but was a bit put off by the idea of large traditional wedding, and all the pomp and circumstance that ensues. And believe me, I get it. I was turned off by the...
A glimpse into weddings in action: Colorado wedding videos
A glimpse into weddings in action: Colorado wedding videos I find that most couples do not record their ceremonies, or they have a friend film their wedding ceremony on a smart phone, for posterity's sake. While I never seem to...
The Elements Made a Magical Wedding: The Dao House Wedding Ceremony
All the wedding ceremonies that I have officiated have been truly beautiful and amazing -- really, those are not empty words, each and every ceremony has its own unique magic. And... there was something about this particular wedding ceremony that still takes my breath...
English + Spanish: Bilingual Wedding Ceremony
She was born and raised in Colorado, he in Costa Rica. They are both bilingual, their love story spans two languages and two countries, and the wedding ceremony needed to reflect that. It was truly beautiful to flow between the two languages -- not so much trying to...
Vow Renewal, Ten Years: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
The beauty of a vow renewal Have ceremony, will travel. I was delighted to journey up to Fish Creek Falls in Steamboat Springs to officiate a vow renewal for this amazing couple. Vow renewals are a different breed, and can often feel even more potent than the first...
YMCA of the Rockies Wedding Ceremony
This coupled lives in Wisconsin, and all our work together was done over the phone. Their relationship began with a great adventure, and when they decided to marry, they knew their wedding would have to be full of adventure as well. Off to Colorado for a YMCA of the...
A Baby is Born, a Mama is Born: Blessingway in Boulder
We all love to celebrate the baby: baby showers, with their accompanying bundles of baby-related gifts are the norm. And as much fun as those showers can be, they don't really address the amazing rite of passage that is also occuring: a mother is about to be born...
Winter Bliss {Wedding: Nederland, Colorado}
Sometimes, you just go for it, up the canyon, through the snowstorm, on the coldest day of the winter. Your elopement beckons, and this love stops at nothing. It was frigid and snowy, yet we were warm. A custom ceremony, full of laughter and tears. A jar filled...
Autumn Sunrise Wedding at Sunrise Amphitheater
An intimate sunrise wedding, at the Amphitheater, in Boulder, Colorado... A miracle: gay marriage is legalized in Colorado three days before the wedding... The civil union license is trashed, a wedding license (just like anyone else's) is signed. We barely need any...