Bridezillas need not apply...
OK, so lets get this one out of the way before we go any further together... I'm not a Bridezilla fan!
Why not? Because I'm a Beach Person! Beachpeople are totally in sync with a world that defies and utterly rejects control. It's a world that ebbs and flows with the needs of nature; that gives ground today and gets ground back tomorrow.
Just like a good marriage!
I'm a relaxed and laid back old beach
dude, and my priorities are focused on love, not this kinda thing...
!
I
prefer not to be around grumpy, control freaks ...
who make you feel that all life on Earth will be
extinguished in a blinding flash of light if they don't get their way. And I don't want to
feel the pain of a power-sweating
groom whose primary source of nervousness is a bride who is giving every sign that she
intends to bite the poor guy's head off before the day is over!
I get nervous around "eat your peas
and carrots" type people! I'd rather spend my energy working to make your wedding ceremony be fun and
relaxed, full of love instead of full of stress. Your wedding is a celebration!
After all, you both found the needle in the haystack instead of another piece of
straw, and this celebration should be symbolic of the pattern for your married
life... fun, accepting, romantic, caring, and never taking itself too seriously.
So, if your wedding ceremony goal is to impress someone, you are missing the point! If you are picky, fussing, bossy, anal, and just an outright Royal Pain In The Ass, I'd be happy to recommend another officiant for you!
Really, it's not a problem!
But, if you like to laugh and float on the waves of life, (like Adam and Nicola over there... do they look stressed?), then you've found the right guy to perform your ceremony!
Let your marriage be like the sea; like a wave, moving, rising, reaching, grasping, encasing, tumbling, rumbling, crashing; always changing, perfectly designed to respond to the demands of nature.
Like a good marriage, there is no truer place than a beach. And just as a beach has such a tenuous toehold amongst the chaos of the sea, may you never take this relationship for granted! Always remember that just like a beach, your marriage should be in a state of grace in which anything can happen!
Beach Marriage Prayer
Float. Laugh like a gull. Make a splash. Listen in on shells. Stretch. Run with the waves. Carry a bucket. Ride rusty bikes. Boogie. Ebb and flow with the tides. Go with the wind. Cultivate quiet. Tune your senses. Walk tender. Cherish living things. Dance on edges. Build castles and leave them for the moon to find. Cross bridges. Discover treasure. Be transported. Give thanks. Amen, brothers and sisters!
So sez I, Donny Beach, elder beach hippie and ocean going bohemian...
contact me at donnybeach@gmail.com