Matt and Chris had a wonderful celebration of their love Archerfield House. When they first met each other in London they knew they belonged together. Matt was brought up in rural Australia and Chris in Aberdeen. Chris had lovely memories of North Berwick as a child growing up, and when he and Matt visited the area they found the perfect place to have their wedding.
Matt says this about the ceremony
“As a couple who don’t belong to one religion, it was a natural step to choose a humanist celebrant we wanted the ceremony to focus on our relationship and celebrate the love we have for each other and to tell our friends and family the story of us.
Caroline captured our story perfectly and made everyone laugh and cry along with us when describing our journey, the ceremony was incredibly personal and by choosing a humanist celebrant and were able to meet with Caroline and talk candidly before the big day. Caroline brought a sense of familiarity to the ceremony, which made everyone feel included. The highlight for me was seeing everyone laugh along with us. It’s a high pressure and very emotional time in anyone’s life and Caroline handled the guests perfectly with her humour and humility. It was truly as though a friend was marrying us.
Caroline’s kind nature and unyielding commitment to us on our big day is something that we will treasure always. I recommend her whole-heartedly for any special occasion I hope she knows what’s her input meant to us”.
Readings in the ceremony
They chose three people who are close to them to do readings for their ceremony and this was one of them:
Ordinary Morning by Joyce Grenfell
It felt like an ordinary morning,
It began in an ordinary way,
And then, without warning
Ordinary morning became extraordinary day.
Hadn’t the slightest sort of inkling,
No-one said love was on its way.
And then within a twinkling,
Without the smallest inkling,
It became an extraordinary day.
For there you were,
And the whole world stood still.
There you were,
I loved you then, and I always will.
At first an ordinary morning,
Began in an ordinary way,
And then my heart was beating
At this ordinary meeting
And we both knew
This was not an ordinary day.