{"id":370,"date":"2018-05-01T21:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quizzical-morning.flywheelsites.com\/dawnrees\/?p=370"},"modified":"2018-05-01T21:44:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T21:44:42","slug":"lifes-leftfield-tendencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/2018\/05\/01\/lifes-leftfield-tendencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Life&#8217;s leftfield tendencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_372\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372\" class=\"wp-image-372 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4790-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4790-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4790-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4790-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by www.stuartbeardphotography.co.uk<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_373\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-image-373 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4791-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4791-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4791-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4791-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/humanist.org.uk\/dawnrees\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/381\/2018\/05\/IMG_4791.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Handfasting Photo www.stuartbeardphotography.co.uk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Saturday was Kleenex Day! Not a dry eye in the house for a vow renewal for a very special couple for whom life had thrown in from leftfield more than is fair. \u00a0Most people would have buckled, but they just buckled their belts tighter and got on with it. \u00a0I have to admit to sitting in my car afterwards, with a box of tissues. I was ok until <em>they<\/em> gave <em>me<\/em> flowers!<\/p>\n<p>They had been married for 25 years. Their son composed music for the event and their nephew a poem. \u00a0The most special element, and that which drew most comment afterwards, was including the couples&#8217; parents in a handfasting as a way of expressing appreciation for the love and support given and of binding them all together in love.<\/p>\n<p>At the end it felt triumphant. Heavy with symbolism, we used an arch decorated with flowers through which they passed into the &#8216;new normal&#8217; of their future. Moving from the challenges of the past few years into a future they would control. What more can I say? \u00a0This was one of the most moving ceremonies I&#8217;ve conducted. Wowser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was Kleenex Day! 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