Josh + Lauren Wedding
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you for the first time and for always, Josh and Lauren, husband and wife!
Josh and Lauren united in marriage during an intimate, Sunday lakeside ceremony at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. It was a gorgeous day for this lovely couple to have the celebration of a lifetime that included a sentimental ring warming ceremony with their parents. It was a beautiful honor for me to get to know Josh and Lauren and to help them have the ceremony they had been dreaming of. I am so happy for this wonderful couple!
Enjoy a few excerpts from their ceremony below.
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Today, in the presence of these witnesses, Josh and Lauren are ready to be united as one family. Also sharing in the love today is the couple’s dog, Birch. She wishes she could be here to celebrate with you!
It is a beautiful blessing how life leads us through winding, cluttered pathways, and then suddenly, the path straightens and clears and you’re amazed to find that you’re exactly where you’re meant to be. And it’s even more incredible when you look beside you and you find the person who is meant to be right there with you. It doesn’t ever seem to happen on a perfect timeframe, and there’s usually a lot of waiting for the right person. As challenging as it may have been to have faith in a happily ever after, and all those years of a long-distance relationship, Josh and Lauren, your love story was waiting for you.
Josh and Lauren originally met online. Their friendship grew into love, and no distance was going to keep these two apart. Seven years ago, Lauren moved all the way to the north side to live life together with Josh.
This lovely couple embraces every moment together. They enjoy playing games, watching horror movies, and cheering on their favorite football team- the Bears. Whether it’s a road trip to Niagara Falls or a Disney World vacation, they love to travel and are up for adventures together.
Lauren said, “I love Josh because he accepts me for who I am, he’s so kind/caring, we have fun no matter what we do together, and he just ‘gets’ me. He is my best friend, and I can’t wait to spend my life with him.”
Josh said, “I love Lauren for her big heart, her family values, and her caring nature. We are always laughing together, and I will forever be grateful for how she makes me feel loved.”
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From this day forward, you are called upon to write your love story together as soul mates.
A soul mate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soul mate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life. -Richard Bach, A Bridge Across Forever
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Josh and Lauren, the rite of marriage is an important ritual that binds two people together for the rest of their days. Today, after ten years of building your friendship and falling in love, you both are freely choosing to enter into this sacred union.
A quote you both love sums this up:
My dearest friend, if you don’t mind, I’d like to join you by your side, Where we can gaze into the stars, And sit together, Now and forever, For it is plain as anyone can see, We’re simply meant to be. -Jack and Sally’s Song, The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Vows
(Josh) Lauren, I take you as you are, loving who you are now and who you are yet to become.
I promise to appreciate you, to grow with you, and to be supportive of you.
I will cherish you always.
I will love you and have faith in your love for me,
through all our years together and all that life may bring us.
(Lauren) Josh, I take you as you are, loving who you are now and who you are yet to become.
I promise to appreciate you, to grow with you, and to be supportive of you.
I will cherish you always.
I will love you and have faith in your love for me,
through all our years together and all that life may bring us.
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To Josh and Lauren and a lifetime of love! Cheers!