Kidz on the Coast (Dec/Jan 2015) When I interview couples for their weddings, and I ask about the importance of their family, this phrase is almost word for word repeated countless times, “my family is my world”. I think this is even more true than we know….even for people who [...]
Wow....I have enjoyed a cracker season of weddings in Spring. It pays to book your key wedding suppliers in advance because September, October & November are definitely peak months (along with Feb & March). Congratulations to all my couples: Mr and Mrs Halliday, Mr & Mrs Monaghan, Mr & Mrs [...]
My 2015 Weddings Season, and my second decade as a celebrant began with a joyful first ceremony of September for my dear friends Suzanne Grant and Chris Halliday. In between the Friday and Sunday rain and gloom, Saturday the 5th emerged with warmth and gorgeous sunshine. It was a big [...]
This week the Seasons clicked over into Spring...Happy Spring! And it's a special Happy 10 Year Anniversary I celebrate also on the 1st of September as a celebrant. I was appointed by the Attorney General on the 1st of September 2005. Here's my shout out to all my special couples, [...]
It is a sensitive service I offer and hard for me to 'advertise' but please know I can be available to you or any family in need leading up to, during and after a death of a beloved. My craft as a funeral celebrant and pastoral care practitioner [...]
Sometimes however, in this tough gig called ‘parenting’ not all our interactions feel ‘unconditionally loving’ simply because the child/parent dynamic is full of ‘conditions’ of engagement. We have to say ‘no’ a lot. We disappoint and discipline. Kidz on the Coast article –August 2015 As parents the love [...]
I love Marta and Stephen. I met them at another dear couples wedding Leonie and Samir's at Bells last year and we hit it off. Originally Marta and Stephen were planning to travel back to Stephen's homeland in England to marry, but it was all too bureaucratic to achieve and early [...]
It's not every day this celebrant gets permission to wear her suede caramel crop boots for ceremony. Misty and Ryan were married at a family members home on the amazing ridge of Wollombi Valley in the most OMG country fab wedding I have seen for a while. Misty and Ryan [...]
Kidz on the Coast article (May 2015) Nothing makes you feel old, instantly, than the stark distance between you and your teenager. My natural youthfulness and hipster ways fade immediately with a disgruntled grunt and eye-rolling snarl (or what’s otherwise known as communication efforts sometimes) from teenage son number one. [...]
Lauren and Chris Archer were married at Shelly Beach Golf Club in what was a miracle of a sunny sunny Saturday in April. Childhood sweethearts, wickedly funny and down to earth, this couple were so easy to work with, a delight! Their celebrations were complete with an "all in" family [...]
