We’d never experienced a humanist ceremony before, until we attended a friend’s wedding in Ireland and knew it was exactly what we wanted.
We came across Jane through the Humanist UK website back in March 2020. At the same time we were entering our first lockdown. All of our initial contact with her was consequently either over the phone or email. Nonetheless, her warm, positive nature and attention to detail, instantly settled us, which was all the more appreciated during such uncertain times. We finally got to meet up face to face a year later, where we began to talk through our story, sitting outside our venue, on our camping chairs, with a flask of tea and some pistachio cookies - provided by Jane. We instantly knew we’d made the right decision. Sharing our life’s story with Jane was so easy. It was like meeting up with an old friend and catching up...
After our initial meeting, Jane focused us with her timeline up to the big day. She always worked ahead of schedule, allowing us to make small changes along the way; hardly any were needed! We completed on our final draft a month before the big day, which gave us such confidence going into the home straight of planning.
Our final meeting was on the eve of our wedding, where Jane walked us, my brother and my now sister-in-law, through our ceremony. Up until this point we’d managed to keep all of the secrets about the ceremony from them both; which made it all the more special when they got to experience it with us so intimately, the day before we’d be doing it for real. After lots of happy tears and laughter, everyone felt prepared and unbelievably excited about the next day. I woke up on the day with a sense of calm, which I can honestly attribute to Jane and the way she’d taken us on this journey, throughout the build up to the day.
Jane arrived with plenty of time on the day. Greeting all of our family and friends as they arrived and talking those involved in the ceremony through everything they needed to know. When the moment finally came, Jane delivered our ceremony with the same warmth and joy we’d experienced on our first encounter, but this time you got a sense that everyone felt it too. It was like magic!
Following the ceremony, Jane took the time to again speak to both of our families, as well as joining us for a photo to capture the wonderful moment, before she then left us to enjoy the rest of our day. We will always remember everything Jane did to make the build up and the day, so special for us. It really was beyond anything we could have hoped for.