Last spring , I announced that I was going to get married in august and promised a report so here it is !!!!!
A few things you should know about civil marriage in my province is that , it does not need to be celebrated at the court house , and anybody , with permission of the ministry of justice , can celebrate a union. So we set out to get married in our backyard on august 26th 2006 , with our friend Ivan as celebrant, who introduced us 9 years ago.
Sylvain asked me to sleep at my parents place the night before the wedding and I accepted , worrying a bit about all the last minutes preparations. I woke up early , and at 2.30pm , a streach limousine parked in front of the house instead of my sister who was supposed to pick us up ! Nice surprise ! My parents and me left the house , got stuck in traffic , but managed to arrive at our house on time. I felt like a star, coming out of the limo with a photograph taking pictures and some friends waiting for me !
My mother was "walking me down the aisle" , as was Sylvain's mother. I entered the backyard as my friend Linda sang "Time after time , with my friend Martin harmonisized and played the guitar. I saw Sylvain with the corner of my eye , beautifull in his tuxedo ( I wore what is called a morning suit , wich is a grey tux , with a windsor tie , and the cuffs that my father wore at his wedding). We proceded under our pear tree from our different corners of the yard.
After our mothers got seated , my brother ( who was the mc for the event) explained to our guests how the afternoon would go , and presented a big box of kleenex , in case anyone would need it. We were then seated and my brother invited Sylvain to speak. Since Sylvain never really asked me to marry him ( I said yes without him asking when I saw the ring !) he wanted to explain to our friends and family why he wanted to marry me ( basically , he thinks I am the best thing since sliced bread !) There was not a dry eye in the yard.
We had asked my sister to prepare a lecture about family. The lawyer in her started by saying that the dictionnary definitions were at the same time precise and vague about familly and then proceded to explained what family meant to her , while using a part of a poem my father had written 43 years ago ! Was a crying then ? You bet ! She finished by saying that our house had been holding a family since we were living there , and that everyone entering this house was part of this family.
After that , it was my turn to go to the front because in secret I had prepared a song with Linda and Martin that I wanted to sing to my future husband. It is one of the most beautifull french love song that says something like: when i fall asleep against your body , I know that love still exist , even with wars , bombs , sickeness that kill love , love still exist ! ( It is one of Celine Dion french song calle "L'amour existe encore)This was one of the most difficult song I ever had to sing , but one of the most important as well. I had the support of Linda who was there to sing instead of me in case I choked, but I did it ! Again , kleenex time for everyone.
Then my brother invited Sylvain's brother to adress our guests , about being a couple. He told us about his 23 year strong marriage , and about his mother,s , who even after 35 years is stiff faithfull to her husband memory. Very touching !
Then it was time for actual marriage. Ivan came to the front and asked Sylvain and I to come sit in the front , beside him. He started by saying that same sex union was not a new thing , that , as an exemple , in Roman times , they were celebrated. These marriage were under the auspice of the god Mars and the Goddess Venus , and they would put a crown of laurel on people getting married head's. So Ivan aked Mars and Venus to crown us. My sister and Sylvain half brother came and crowned us with laurel. Ivan then said that in some pacific Islands, the lovers arms were tied togeter as a symbol of their unions , so he proceded to tie our arms together. He then asked us to stand , so he could read the texts from the law that he had to read to us, then asked us the question , to wich I almost screamed yes ant Sylavain did the same. He then told us , and our guest that , by the power the governement had given him , he declared us united by the bonds of marriage. Everybody stood up and cheered , but we had forgotten the rings ! ( Ivan was a bit nervous !
We wanted all of our guest to touch and "energize" our rings, so my goddaugter and Sylvain godson , took our rings to all our guest while Linda and Martin sang another french love song tilte "lucky we have each other"
Once the energized ring came back to us ( both are the same , titanium with a gold incert) , I had problem taking my engament ring off ( I had forgotten) and had to lick my finger in front of everyone. I put Sylvains ring on his finger and kissed it , and Sylvain did the same with mine.
The last part of the ceremony involved my now sister in law. She has asked everyone when they arrived to writte a wish for the newly wedds on a piece of paper. Now she proceded to burn these wishes. This way we would alway know were these wishes were , around us in the universe. We could never loose them. She did that while Linda and Martin sang "Whit a thousand sweet kisses" from Rent.
When all this was done , a waitress came in front of us with two champagne bottles and two flutes contaning one raspberries . Sylvain and I poped the cork , served the two glasses to our mothers and drank one big gulp directly from the bottles , declaring the celebrations open !
The waiters served champagne to everyone, with hors d'oeuvre !
Whant to know what we ate and how the evening went ? More tomorrow , I swear !
A few things you should know about civil marriage in my province is that , it does not need to be celebrated at the court house , and anybody , with permission of the ministry of justice , can celebrate a union. So we set out to get married in our backyard on august 26th 2006 , with our friend Ivan as celebrant, who introduced us 9 years ago.
Sylvain asked me to sleep at my parents place the night before the wedding and I accepted , worrying a bit about all the last minutes preparations. I woke up early , and at 2.30pm , a streach limousine parked in front of the house instead of my sister who was supposed to pick us up ! Nice surprise ! My parents and me left the house , got stuck in traffic , but managed to arrive at our house on time. I felt like a star, coming out of the limo with a photograph taking pictures and some friends waiting for me !
My mother was "walking me down the aisle" , as was Sylvain's mother. I entered the backyard as my friend Linda sang "Time after time , with my friend Martin harmonisized and played the guitar. I saw Sylvain with the corner of my eye , beautifull in his tuxedo ( I wore what is called a morning suit , wich is a grey tux , with a windsor tie , and the cuffs that my father wore at his wedding). We proceded under our pear tree from our different corners of the yard.
After our mothers got seated , my brother ( who was the mc for the event) explained to our guests how the afternoon would go , and presented a big box of kleenex , in case anyone would need it. We were then seated and my brother invited Sylvain to speak. Since Sylvain never really asked me to marry him ( I said yes without him asking when I saw the ring !) he wanted to explain to our friends and family why he wanted to marry me ( basically , he thinks I am the best thing since sliced bread !) There was not a dry eye in the yard.
We had asked my sister to prepare a lecture about family. The lawyer in her started by saying that the dictionnary definitions were at the same time precise and vague about familly and then proceded to explained what family meant to her , while using a part of a poem my father had written 43 years ago ! Was a crying then ? You bet ! She finished by saying that our house had been holding a family since we were living there , and that everyone entering this house was part of this family.
After that , it was my turn to go to the front because in secret I had prepared a song with Linda and Martin that I wanted to sing to my future husband. It is one of the most beautifull french love song that says something like: when i fall asleep against your body , I know that love still exist , even with wars , bombs , sickeness that kill love , love still exist ! ( It is one of Celine Dion french song calle "L'amour existe encore)This was one of the most difficult song I ever had to sing , but one of the most important as well. I had the support of Linda who was there to sing instead of me in case I choked, but I did it ! Again , kleenex time for everyone.
Then my brother invited Sylvain's brother to adress our guests , about being a couple. He told us about his 23 year strong marriage , and about his mother,s , who even after 35 years is stiff faithfull to her husband memory. Very touching !
Then it was time for actual marriage. Ivan came to the front and asked Sylvain and I to come sit in the front , beside him. He started by saying that same sex union was not a new thing , that , as an exemple , in Roman times , they were celebrated. These marriage were under the auspice of the god Mars and the Goddess Venus , and they would put a crown of laurel on people getting married head's. So Ivan aked Mars and Venus to crown us. My sister and Sylvain half brother came and crowned us with laurel. Ivan then said that in some pacific Islands, the lovers arms were tied togeter as a symbol of their unions , so he proceded to tie our arms together. He then asked us to stand , so he could read the texts from the law that he had to read to us, then asked us the question , to wich I almost screamed yes ant Sylavain did the same. He then told us , and our guest that , by the power the governement had given him , he declared us united by the bonds of marriage. Everybody stood up and cheered , but we had forgotten the rings ! ( Ivan was a bit nervous !
We wanted all of our guest to touch and "energize" our rings, so my goddaugter and Sylvain godson , took our rings to all our guest while Linda and Martin sang another french love song tilte "lucky we have each other"
Once the energized ring came back to us ( both are the same , titanium with a gold incert) , I had problem taking my engament ring off ( I had forgotten) and had to lick my finger in front of everyone. I put Sylvains ring on his finger and kissed it , and Sylvain did the same with mine.
The last part of the ceremony involved my now sister in law. She has asked everyone when they arrived to writte a wish for the newly wedds on a piece of paper. Now she proceded to burn these wishes. This way we would alway know were these wishes were , around us in the universe. We could never loose them. She did that while Linda and Martin sang "Whit a thousand sweet kisses" from Rent.
When all this was done , a waitress came in front of us with two champagne bottles and two flutes contaning one raspberries . Sylvain and I poped the cork , served the two glasses to our mothers and drank one big gulp directly from the bottles , declaring the celebrations open !
The waiters served champagne to everyone, with hors d'oeuvre !
Whant to know what we ate and how the evening went ? More tomorrow , I swear !
Congratulations and Thank You for sharing with us... 
I can't wait to hear the rest of it...It's absolutely wonderful... 
You are so blessed to have such wonderful parents and friends... 
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