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Jamie and erin
empowered to do whatever we wanted. Having a very
personalised ceremony was just that. We worked with
Hannah on the ceremony and wrote our own vows.
it was really important for us to emphasise how integral a
part our loved ones are to the strength of our union, so we
wanted our friends’ and family’s voices to be a part of our
ceremony. instead of the ‘traditional’ wedding party, we had
our immediate family members walk down the aisle in front of
us – erin’s brother and his wife, then erin’s parents, my mom
and sister, my dad and stepmom – to
Unchained Melody
by
Soft rock Piano Players. as our guests sat in chairs on the lawn
facing the ocean, we entered from a level above, walking
down a flight of stairs and down the aisle together to
Can't
Help Falling in Love
by Brandi Carlile. Stepping to the
centre of the stairs to begin our walk down will
forever be one of the highlights of my life.
Looking out at all of our important people
and seeing them beaming back at us was
just incredible.
erin’s brother and my sister as
well as two of our other closest
friends stood beside us throughout
the ceremony. all four of them
spoke, sharing sentiments about
us as individuals and as a couple
and, through anecdotes, they
told our love story. another
two of our lifelong friends did
From the beginning, Erin
was the driving force behind
creating a ceremony that
felt genuine to us – none of
that cookie-cutter wedding
bullshit. We found that one
of the benefits of having a
gay wedding was that there
wasn’t such a strong
prototype of how things
were “supposed to be”...’