Using the New Year to Your Advantage
The New Year has arrived and with it all of the possibilities of the future. If you are currently planning your wedding, you can easily use the dawn of a new year to your advantage. With the madness of the holidays final ...
Category: Wedding Planning Marriage
Transgender Individuals Celebrate New Names as Rites of Passage
Picking a new name can be a pivotal moment in a transgender person’s life. Often, much care and deliberation leads up to the final choice, including taking some time to mentally “live with” the new name ...
Category: Universal Life Church Ceremonies
Wedding Flowers 101: Outfitting Your Party and Family
Planning your wedding requires much attention to detail, and that includes the flowers. If you’re doing this on your own, you’ll need to choose a florist and set a budget limit. Before that, you’ll also ...
Category: Wedding Planning Marriage
The Irish Wake: A Blend of Mourning and Celebration
Like many traditions in Irish culture, the wake is a combination of pre-Christian customs and Christian rituals. While it sprang from original traditions of keeping watch over the dead, variations of the practice are sti ...
Category: Funeral Ceremonies
How to Know You’ve Found Someone Worth Marrying
Dating someone that you connect with can be nice, but it is not always easy to know if you have found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. There are plenty of questions that are going to come up the l ...
Category: Marriage
Saying Goodbye
The death of a loved one has a way of confounding and crippling even the strongest of individuals. It is never easy to lose someone close to you, and this means that you are going to go through a lot of emotions before y ...
Category: Funeral
Surviving Your Wedding Day
Marrying your partner can be an amazing way to express your love and admiration for each other. If you are ready to spend the rest of your life with someone special, then a wedding is exactly what is on the horizon for y ...
Category: Wedding Planning Marriage
Cue the Music! Booking a DJ for Your Wedding Reception
Music can set the tone for your wedding reception, so it’s wise to use discretion when selecting a DJ. However, you might have some trouble deciding who to hire. A few helpful tips should guide you as you search fo ...
Category: Ceremonies
Choosing Ceremonial Music for Your Wedding
Your wedding music choices set the tone of your affair and reflect a celebration of your new love. You’ll need to consider all the programmatic elements as you decide on individual songs and your overall mix of mus ...
Category: Ceremonies Marriage
The Handfasting Ceremony: A Unique, Meaningful Way to Wed
If you have friends who are Wiccan or who follow other spiritual paths, you might have already heard about the handfasting ceremony. While the exact origins of the custom are unclear, some sources suggest that it has Cel ...
Category: Ceremonies