This was a most wonderful day! Jill and Chris traveled from Michigan to wed in Seattle. We had talked on the phone and created their ceremony long distance so it was a true pleasure to actual meet these two great ladies.
Jill's brother lives in Ballard, which is where the wedding took place.
The two along with family members went to Pike Place Market to buy some flowers for their wedding and to take in the sights and sounds and tastes.
In preparation for the big moment, Chris connected via Skype with her 91-year-old mother and other family members. Technology can be so useful at times ... and this is one of them.
While that connection was being made, I was filling out the marriage documents which would be signed after the ceremony.
We all gathered in the living room. Generations of family. It was a sweet moment.
The nieces, Madeleine and Gillian presented this reading, which I love. Here are a few lines:
You are not the air that I breathe,
You are the sweet scent that drifts upon it
You are not the sounds that I hear,
You are the music of my life ...
... It is your friendship that guides me as I learn and grow
It is your patience and wisdom that calms my restless nature
It is through you that I know my true self
Jill and Chris shared their vows, then read
a poem written by Richard W. Weber. They
have read it to each other on every Christmas they have been together.
Chris: I give
to you my heart and soul
Jill: I give to you
Life within my hand
And
all happiness that I can
Chris: I give
to you
Part
of me
And
all for what I stand
Jill: I
give to you
The
moment shared
When
two people touch hand in hand
Chris: I give
to you
The
sunset
And
the fallen night
With its stars so bright
Chris and Jill:
I
give to you
The life we
can share
And all the
love that I can.
Todd and Barbara presented the rings. Jill gave Chris a ring of
silver and gold on their first Christmas together in 1984 – the silver a symbol
of the newness of their friendship and the gold, a symbol that they would
become old friends together.
On their 16th
Christmas together, they had matching rings of woven silver and gold made. Those rings were then been wrapped in bands of
gold melted from rings given by Jill and Chris’s mothers to created their wedding bands.
Then, Emily and Jeanne, performed Grow Old Along With Me. Chris and Jill love music and this song was so perfect.
The happy couple were officially married! Time to celebrate their legal union ...
and enjoy the great food.
Wishing Jill and Chris a future filled with love and happiness.
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