grateful Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Last Friday evening, I had the pleasure of officiating at my daughter's wedding in Laguna Beach, CA.When she asked me to perform the ceremony back in January, I just couldn't understand how that could be possible..Thanks to ULC and a long conversation with the Orange County Clerks office, I stood in a canyon before about a hundred friends and family members and asked for blessings for my sweet daughter and her new husband. It was positively magical...The prayers we gathered, "Prayer to the Four Winds" and the Apache Wedding Blessing made this ceremony so personal and heartfelt, like I said, magical. (a Red Tailed Hawk even showed up earlier in the day)I am honored. Thank You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawzo Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Last Friday evening, I had the pleasure of officiating at my daughter's wedding in Laguna Beach, CA.When she asked me to perform the ceremony back in January, I just couldn't understand how that could be possible..Thanks to ULC and a long conversation with the Orange County Clerks office, I stood in a canyon before about a hundred friends and family members and asked for blessings for my sweet daughter and her new husband. It was positively magical...The prayers we gathered, "Prayer to the Four Winds" and the Apache Wedding Blessing made this ceremony so personal and heartfelt, like I said, magical. (a Red Tailed Hawk even showed up earlier in the day)I am honored. Thank You.That sounds great. What symbolism would have the hawk have besides the presence of Spirit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark 45 Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 it was just there because it could be.if it made the day more special for someone,so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grateful Posted June 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 It did make the day for us, in a way. It was a symbol of life and our connection to it. If that is what you mean by spirit, okay.Okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev. Gregory Kensbock Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Last Friday evening, I had the pleasure of officiating at my daughter's wedding in Laguna Beach, CA.When she asked me to perform the ceremony back in January, I just couldn't understand how that could be possible..Thanks to ULC and a long conversation with the Orange County Clerks office, I stood in a canyon before about a hundred friends and family members and asked for blessings for my sweet daughter and her new husband. It was positively magical...The prayers we gathered, "Prayer to the Four Winds" and the Apache Wedding Blessing made this ceremony so personal and heartfelt, like I said, magical. (a Red Tailed Hawk even showed up earlier in the day)I am honored. Thank You. That's just too cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risteen Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Last Friday evening, I had the pleasure of officiating at my daughter's wedding in Laguna Beach, CA.When she asked me to perform the ceremony back in January, I just couldn't understand how that could be possible..Thanks to ULC and a long conversation with the Orange County Clerks office, I stood in a canyon before about a hundred friends and family members and asked for blessings for my sweet daughter and her new husband. It was positively magical...The prayers we gathered, "Prayer to the Four Winds" and the Apache Wedding Blessing made this ceremony so personal and heartfelt, like I said, magical. (a Red Tailed Hawk even showed up earlier in the day)I am honored. Thank You.It sounds beautiful! The Native American ceremonies are beautiful & honest.May their lives be full of many blessings.Both sides of my family are of Cherokee heritage (Smoky Mountain region), I would love to learn some of their prayers & blessings. I've always felt a pull to that side of my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grateful Posted July 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Thanks to you both, for enthusiasm and blessings -and it was amazing!I love my daughter, and oh yes, my new son-in-law - so muchand was humbled and honored (not even the right words) when she told how much it would mean to her if I offered the blessings and officiated for them.I am a Teacher/Social Worker by trade, don't particularly love public speaking, have no (tangible) affiliation with any church, am not a Judge or Steamboat Captain, and am, quite frankly, pretty shy. But after all is said and done what an experience - a spirit does move you when you speak to something so huge, so solemn, really. risteen - the Native ceremonies are truest to my heart, they are as you say, 'beautiful and honest" - how I like to see the world, what I believe in and what speaks to my heart and surely, what I wish for my sweet girlthe Apache Blessing is a perfect example, speaking to the two in a few short paragraphs the lesson of life/loveso get to stepping there, I can only imagine the magic you will find, I might even look myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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