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It's More Important than Ever to Celebrate Love and Life...
For the couples, families and elders from around the world whom I have gratefully celebrated with, my heart is with you and your loved ones at this challenging time.
As the world adapts to re-opening in phases during the Coronavirus crisis, I am available to discuss Zoom weddings with you.
Imagine a bright, beautiful, better world to come with good health, happiness, safety and security for all.
Proudly celebrating all regardless of spiritual, religious, faith traditions or sexual orientation
It has been my honor to create traditional and alternative Civil, Spiritual, Secular, Humanist, and Religious marriage ceremonies, elopements, vow renewals, union & commitment ceremonies, gay weddings, and destination weddings for happy couples from NYC, across the United States, Mexico, Russia, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, and other countries all over the world.
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You are engaged! The bliss and joy of the moment are a blessing. The moment you made the commitment, when you heard “will you marry me?” will forever be a momentous occasion.
Perhaps that moment was planned and dramatic; it may have been spontaneous and sudden.Your hearts were racing, it was romantic, there may have been tears. The journey is full of delight and magic.
The next steps are creating your special celebration and rituals that express your love to each other. You are honoring your union. Your family and friends share your laughter and excitement.
A wedding ceremony is the expression of your love. It is my joy to be honored with creating that celebration with you. Every ceremony is a reflection of a couple’s love and commitment. Each of my ceremonies is unique, inspired by your love and written for your romantic day.
We plant the seeds with prayers, blessings, poetry, music and vows.
A vow is a sacred promise. When we promise to love someone and they promise to love us we are making a vow. The wedding day is the day when the flowers bloom in all of their magnificent colors. These are the memories you and yours will always cherish.
As an ordained Interfaith Minister and licensed wedding officiant I have created traditional, alternative, non-denominational,spiritual, religious and secular ceremonies.
We have celebrated romantic unions and commitment ceremonies, same sex weddings, vow renewals and destination celebrations; many cultural, religious and spiritual traditions from all over the world, The United States, Mexico, Japan, Australia, have been woven into our ceremonies.
Vow Renewals
Myrna and Irv celebrated 65 years of marriage with a Jewish Mexican vow renewal in San Miguel de Allende Mexico.
We hold laughter in our hearts and together, we create your wedding with love, joy and humor.
Your ceremony is customized to your requests with the readings, words, music and rituals that mean the most to you.
Baby Blessings
New life is always worth celebrating. I honor the love and responsibility that a child represents. Baby blessings look different depending on the faith tradition, but one thing resonates throughout each of them: a sacred commitment to raise a child with love and respect, endeavoring to endow them with a solid foundation as they grow.
I am happy to discuss your wishes in celebrating this momentous occasion, solidifying your commitment to your baby, in a memorable ceremony.
Funerals & Celebrations of Life
Grief is the way the heart honors what it misses. A ceremony of remembrance is a healing gathering we create together. It should be as unique as the love it reflects. Honoring of a life well lived serves to bring the memories of laughter and love to the hearts of all who are present.
“When orchids brighten the earth,
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.
May you continue to inspire us:
To enter each day with a generous heart.
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.”
-John O’Donohue
In honor of Ethel Bluma Solway Sieman, beloved mother of Susan Sieman Plutzer, Norman Sieman, Sara Sieman, and grandson, Alex Plutzer. In her 102 years she gave us gifts of love, wisdom and her wry sense of humor. She died in April 2020 from complications due to Covid-19. Ethel knew she was adored. When asked at 101 what wisdom she would share, with a glint in her eyes, she responded, “Because I am 102 everyone asks me that! If you want to know you have to buy my book.” With that we would laugh out loud. Her memory is our solace.
How Falling In Love is Like Owning a Dog
A Poem by Taylor Mali
First of all, it’s a big responsibility,
especially in a city like New York.
So think long and hard before deciding on love.
On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security: when you’re walking down the street late at night
and you have a leash on love
ain’t no one going to mess with you.
Because crooks and muggers think love is unpredictable. Who knows what love could do in its own defense?
On cold winter nights, love is warm.
It lies between you and lives and breathes
and makes funny noises.
Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs. It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.
Love doesn’t like being left alone for long.
But come home and love is always happy to see you.
It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life, but you can never be mad at love for long.
Is love good all the time? No! No!
Love can be bad. Bad, love, bad! Very bad love.
Love makes messes.
Love leaves you little surprises here and there.
Love needs lots of cleaning up after.
Sometimes you just want to get love fixed. Sometimes you want to roll up a piece of newspaper and swat love on the nose,
not so much to cause pain,
just to let love know Don’t you ever do that again!
Sometimes love just wants to go out for a nice long walk. Because love loves exercise. It will run you around the block and leave you panting, breathless. Pull you in different directions at once, or wind itself around and around you until you’re all wound up and you cannot move.
But love makes you meet people wherever you go. People who have nothing in common but love stop and talk to each other on the street.
Throw things away and love will bring them back, again, and again, and again.
But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.
And in return, love loves you and never stops.
