How do you create a wedding day that's happy and hopeful, that still feels light and fun, when there's someone who's passed away that you feel a deep need to honour the memory of?
This episode isn't about telling you whether to include a tribute or leave it out. Both are completely reasonable choices, and love doesn't disappear just because someone has, along with the instinct to want them included in some way on a day like this.
But it is about finding the middle path between ignoring a loss completely and turning your ceremony into something it was never meant to be.
You'll hear:
the outdoor memorial candle mistake worth knowing before you build your ceremony around one,
the one rule for how many tribute moments is too many before your ceremony starts to feel like something else,
a real story from an after ceremony cocktail hour personal touch that guests loved,
why choosing not to include a visible tribute can be just as loving a choice as choosing to.
Plus how to work out where the people closest to the loss stand before you land your heart on any single idea, and a personal share on being judged for the way I choose to remember your own family.
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Unbridely acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we record this podcast on, the Kaurna People. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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