Much Love,
David & Michele K.
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Thank you for helping create the most beautiful day of my life. Al and I were very pleased with the ceremony and everyone who attended found themselves deeply moved by your words. It was poetic, complex and from the deepest depths of a loving heart; it truly represented me, the relationship Al and I have, and the commitment that we had chosen to make to one another on that day. The most impressed persons were the devout Catholics, all of which raved that it was nice to be at a wedding ceremony that "meant something."
When we first started working on the ceremony, I had convinced myself that the ceremony meant very little to me and was a formality that we had to do for the religious people in our lives. But, your ideas and influence changed that for me and convinced me of the value and power of words in the situation. As a woman who has often survived life simply by wrapping herself in words through writing and literature, I realized that the moment of my marriage was no different from the poetic life I had been living. You helped me stay true to myself and my passion, by helping me be creatively inspired on the day I became a wife. I was truly lucky to have found a fellow poet who would beautifully bind me to the man that I love.
You will always have a very special place in our hearts and Al and I hope to keep in touch with you through the years, especially when we decide to have children. Your blessings are very valuable to us.
Also, my mother has a gift for you. A sort of a thank you and "welcome to the family," if you will. So when we all have the time lets please have a short meeting at the usual place.
Thank you again.
Love,
Emily and Al
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Warm regards,
Brenda & John E.
My wife and I were married by Jill at the Forge in Woodbridge on August 25, 2006. Since we were getting married on site at The Forge we required someone to come out to us and provide services. We worked several contacts that were given to us by the Forge and some recommendations from the girls on www.theknot.com before coming across Jill’s site on the net.
After setting up appointments to meet with the other officiants in person, we were not particularly thrilled about any of them. By the time we met with Jill were frustrated and angry with the people we had met but we were hopeful as Jill was the only one who stood out on the initial phone interview. We definitely had our guard up as she walked into our meeting.
As she approached with a huge smile, our guard was dropped almost immediately. From the second that she sat down we knew that she was going to be the one who married us. We chatted over coffee on how we saw our ceremony and things that we wanted and didn’t want to be incorporated. She threw out plenty of ideas and wrote up the exact ceremony that we were looking for.
On the day of the wedding it was her calming smile and light banter that kept my wife and I at perfect ease.
There are definitely plenty of people out there who can marry you and I invite you to look around but there is only one that will make you feel like you are being married by a friend that you have known years. If you have not met with her in person yet make arrangements to meet with her over coffee and decide for yourself.
Karen & Michael S.
