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Hey World! Want to read something fun? Want some good news? Well, we have some over here. I am excited for all of you to meet our newest team member. Liz Bailey, client liaison/sage-burner/loud car singer, is the newest member of our Central Ceremonies family. You will get to know her as your first contact […]
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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens . . . a time to be silent and a time to speak ~Ecclesiastes 3 Central Ceremonies believes Black Lives Matter. To that end, we step back to listen and be led by our black siblings who’ve long been silenced even […]
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So you are about to get married (or maybe you are already married!) and the idea of fighting just isn’t part of your idea of wedded bliss. You will vow to love each other through and through, in sickness, in health, all that good stuff. But let’s face it. We all disagree. We all argue. […]
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Rain was scheduled this past weekend in Austin. In fact, at one point the forecasters were preparing us for monsoons and Wizard of Oz tornadic events. For my couple, the weather was one more thing on a long list of challenges leading up to May 16, 2020, their wedding date. Now, small teaching moment: What […]
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Much is different these days, and we may never return to how things were before Covid-19. But we will adapt, change, and overcome; weddings included. There will be a day when we all are together again celebrating marriage, but even when that time comes, it likely won’t be how we did it before. And in […]
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“Does this photo make me look weird?” Well, of course it does. It’s a snapped screenshot of Sam. I took it at his recent wedding. It was a virtual sort of affair. No, wait. No sort of . . . it was a virtual affair! And so was Cameron’s recent wedding. And my next wedding will […]
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I am so excited to share what I think is such an important message with a broader audience. Thanks to the folks at iAct for featuring my article in their Austin American Statesman column. To read, click here and then ask yourself – what is your daily, or even weekly ritual for calibrating your anxiety, […]
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We hope this letter finds you and your loved ones safe, in good health, and enduring these strange and unsettling days. We are well aware that many of you are in the midst of managing challenges surrounding the planning, rescheduling, and shuffling of wedding details while this global pandemic plays itself out. First and foremost, […]
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Well, this photo about sums up my life lately. And it probably sums up yours, as well. What a chaotic, frightening, sad, lonely, overwhelming, dark time. What a mess. There it is. I’ve named it, and you can probably add some feelings to that list. And even if none of these feelings resonate with you, […]
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We are often discussing commonwealth here at Central Ceremonies. It’s because we believe marriage is a mini-commonwealth, and because marriage ceremonies are part of building the greater commonwealth. Now, if there is anything good emerging from this global pandemic, it is a greater understanding of commonwealth; that, indeed, we are all bound to each other, […]
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