photo: moore photography When I meet with a couple to discuss their ceremony I ask a lot of questions – not because I’m nosey, rather because I want to get as a full a sense of who they are as possible. One of the questions I ask is: “Your parents: alive, deceased; together, not together; talking, not talking; or any combination thereof?!”  Occasionally, a couple will say that both sets of parents are together and equally happy for them. More …

Last week. . . The Procession had started.  I was in position.  The groom, Eric, took his place next to me.  He looked out and then leaned in and in an awed voice whispered, “This really is surreal!” Duh – It is!  And what surprised me is that throughout planning, he had a relaxed, almost blasé approach to it all. You don’t know it just yet – BUT YOUR wedding ceremony is an out-of-body experience and there’s no way to …