Miracle Man and I tied the knot on Saturday, in an intimate ceremony with our nuclear families (we called it “the nuclear option”). The weekend could not have been more lovely, the ceremony could not have been more wonderful — absolutely perfect in its imperfection.
My intention for today was to write a third and final post about the making of the ketubah (which, yes, I did finish in time for the signing on Saturday morning!)
But we all know where good intentions take us: not always the destination we’d planned.
Lo and behold, a wedding weekend — even a low-key wedding with only 14 guests — kinda takes it out of a girl.
Miracle Man and I were rather fried when we woke up, so we took it pretty easy today. We ran some much-needed errands (getting my dress to the eco dry cleaners, mailing off our marriage license to the County Clerk Recorder, stocking up on picture hanging nails so I could hang the ketubah, among other things), and I paid some much-needed-to-pay bills.
Getting that blog post written? Well… That will just have to wait.
In the meantime, however, I present to you another creative effort from our wedding: a brand new song, written for my beloved.
Enjoy! And Happy New Year! I’m off to get some much-needed sleep…
PS — Pssst! Know someone who might benefit from seeing this today? Pass it on!
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That’s adorable, Melissa. Many huge congrats to both of you. I wish you a long and happy married life together.
Thanks, Kirsty! 馃檪 xoxox
really lovely melissa thank you for your brave sharing! (when do we get to see a pix of the MM?)
Thanks, Melissa! No pix of MM, though. He’s shy. I’m honoring his desire to stay anonymous online. 馃檪
Mazel tov on your wedding!
Thank you, Steve! 馃檪
Hi Melissa, I was following your story about making ketubah’s & not knowing anything about it, I looked it up on Wiki. Your’s is wonderful & in my favourite colours too! Congratulations & best wishes. Sending you both blessings & good fortune, on your marriage. What a cute song, It was so lovely.
From Michele
Adelaide
South Australia.
Thanks, Michele! You can see how different my own ketubah is from the ones I’ve designed for clients by visiting my site Ketubahworks: http://ketubahworks.com 馃檪
Awwwww– that’s so sweet, Melissa! Congratulations to you both, and all the best in 2014. Now get some sleep!
Thanks, Marci! 馃檪
So sweet, I love it! Did you replace the traditional kiss with a fist pound? LOL that’s great. Congrats!!
Well, no — we did have a traditional kiss (three, to be precise! ;)) I just did the spontaneous fist bump first…
Our wonderful officiant rolled with it, too — instead of saying “You may now seal your vows with a kiss,” she said “You may now seal your vows.. with a fist bump, and a kiss!” 馃檪
Loved the song.
Yay! 馃檪
Oh oh oh! Wonderful! I hear this rendition with a slldeshow of photographs of the day.
Perfect!
Great idea, Mark! I can’t wait to get pics from the photographer, and from all our family members, who were snapping away on their phones and cameras. 馃檪
Melissa,
You look radiant and beautiful! You have given me hope for a second chance for myself!