I have been asked, to perform a hand fasting ceremony, which will take place tomorrow. A wonderful opportunity for two amazing people to celebrate their love for one another, for as long as it lasts. Hand Fastings, traditionally last a year and a day, at the end of which, the couple can decide to stay together or part ways.
I think that it is beautiful when two people meet and decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together, but I also believe it can put a lot of stress on some couples, this whole idea of Till death do us part.
I much prefer the idea of focusing on each passing year ( or day even) and seeing how well that goes, with no pressure to mold ourselves into something we don't want to be. Or to hold onto something that perhaps, is just not meant to be. At the end of the day, it should be a personal choice, but unfortunately, not many people feel, that they have that choice to begin with.
I am excited for tomorrow, a ceremony that I will perform in English, but which will then be translated into Spanish.
Love is something that we don't celebrate enough of, especially with ceremonies that are more focused on the union and not how it actually looks from the outside. Weddings these days cost a lot of money and also cause a lot of stress.
Tomorrow the whole community will be involved in one way or another, helping with preparing the space and feeding everyone that attends, so that in this way, the amazing couple can really relax and enjoy their day.
I'm not going to give anything away about the ceremony itself, just in case, because I want it to be a surprise.
But it has been really nice, focusing my energy on something so positive and empowering, whilst also getting to celebrate two wonderful friends, whom I care for dearly. Especially one of them, who is very much like family to me. And who has supported me and my girls so much during the last few years.
I feel really blessed to have her in my life and extra blessed to now be performing this ceremony for her.
So tonight, I go to sleep, feeling excited and a little anxious. I have already been going over the ceremony in my head, for most of the day, so I expect to fall asleep doing the same as well.
I have an early start tomorrow, as I need to be at the temple for 9a.m. But before that, I have some prep to do, on the cakes I have made (which are 5 in total). So I will be up with the sun. Ready to spend my day, celebrating love!
Here's to us all, celebrating Love more!
