Our own hesperis has gotten herself hitched to a fine young man and they are supposed to be heading out of town early tomorrow. She didn't have time to post this, so I offered to do it for her.

http://www.herocia.com/marriage/ (some after wedding pics are in this link)


Steve and Chagall

August 24, 2004, 1:45 PM

Officiated at Fairborn, Ohio by Catherine M. Barber, Judge.

Wedding Ceremony Pics:

There are no photos of the ceremony yet as we were only allowed to borrow his parents' older camera to take to the ceremony. (The new digital camera was too valuable for us to borrow for wedding pictures, but we took a few with it when we got home.) The Judge was gracious enough to take a few pics for us though. She was happy to do something nice for once instead of her usual work there! I just hope the pics turn out alright when developed. That will take a while yet, sorry!

Unfortunately we had nobody else there to share the moment, the one person we thought could actually make it to the court on the day got a flat tire before he even left his city! But it was still very wonderful.

Ceremony:

In addition to the standard vows that make a marriage legal, we added our own personal vows to each other.

I vow to love you, to be intelligently loyal to you,
and to treasure your presence in my life
for the rest of my life.

Let us both promise to help each other
become ever more true to our truer, deeper Selves,
and to the Higher Power that guides us.
So be it.

The ceremony was really simple and really beautiful. We gathered to join our lives together, then said the standard vows, then said our personal vows, then exchanged rings as symbols of our love and our vows. Then we kissed, of course!