This is the beautiful Meri and her wonderful Mubarak. And me, beaming away, after what was one of the most gorgeous stay-with-me-forever ceremony moments I have had. Everything about today made me smile on the inside. For a start, they are so besotted with each other that it was infectious. How could I possibly not want to celebrate these two in a way that they deserve?
I wrote them the best ceremony I could muster - and bought a dark purple dress for the occasion ( to complement the bridesmaid's beautiful bright purple dresses )- and had it not been for the weight of the PA that I lug around with me, I'd have skipped into Taronga Zoo!
I found Mubarak and his groomsmen, and his delightful Dad, chowing down on kebabs, while they waited and once again, it was a fight to get the buttonholes on. Those things are sooooo hard to put on. But then, the boys were evicted from the room, because the girls had arrived. Meri looked incredible and so excited - she just couldn't wait! She glowed her way down the aisle. And kept on glowing.
We had a lovely giggle when Mubarak tried to put Meri's ring on the wrong hand and I had to slide my own arm out to show where my own rings lived. " Dyslexic fingers" he called it!
And when it was all over and I went to say my goodbyes, and Meri was saying "thankyou, thankyou, thankyou", I was thinking that it was me that should be doing al the thanking. Meeting beautiful people, being invited to help create their memories and to be able to share in sheer joy... That's more than a job. Lucky , lucky me.
Meri & Mubarak ... Thankyou. Thankyou. Thankyou xxxx
these beautiful photos from Gordon Jovic who not only captured the delights of the day exactly as I remember them, but (bless him) emailed me a couple photos the very next day! Thankyou Gordon!
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