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African American Weddings
Soon to be Blended Families
Do you plan on having a family union ceremony during the ceremony?
I recently went to a wedding where the family did a sand ceremony and each child poured sand into the vase.
My FI and I have two children each ranging from ages 4-18 (big gaps I know lol) and I am trying to figure out a way to have a family union ceremony. I thought about necklaces but I am not sure his 18 year old son would be interested in a necklace..
Thoughts, ideas, anything!
TIA!
I recently went to a wedding where the family did a sand ceremony and each child poured sand into the vase.
My FI and I have two children each ranging from ages 4-18 (big gaps I know lol) and I am trying to figure out a way to have a family union ceremony. I thought about necklaces but I am not sure his 18 year old son would be interested in a necklace..
Thoughts, ideas, anything!
TIA!
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Re: Soon to be Blended Families
Why don't you do necklaces for the girls (if any), and something like a name bracelet or a tag on a necklace for the boys (the same as the army tags)? The tags I really like because it's still masculine, and can be personalized for the occasion.
[QUOTE]Do you plan on having a family union ceremony during the ceremony? I recently went to a wedding where the family did a sand ceremony and <strong>each child poured sand into the vase.</strong> My FI and I have two children each ranging from ages 4-18 (big gaps I know lol) and I am trying to figure out a way to have a family union ceremony. I thought about necklaces but I am not sure his 18 year old son would be interested in a necklace.. Thoughts, ideas, anything! TIA!
Posted by CaseynMike[/QUOTE]
THIS is exactly what I am doing. I have a child from a previously relationship, he is 9. FI has no kids, but I want to incorporate my son into our ceremony as much as possible. We decided to have him pour sand in the vase with us. I have been looking for my ideas, and havent come up with much. So I will be watching this thread for ideas.
We will be doing the blend family ceremony and givnig her a necklace. There will only be using vows from this site.
http://www.celebrateintimateweddings.com/ceremonyblended.html
http://www.myspiritualwedding.com/product/019051.shtml
I found the necklace cheaper than this from another site.
Our invites have his name on there also. So far, they say the following but I may change it up a little bit:
Because you have shared in our lives with your friendship and love, you are invited to celebrate with
N. Bride
toJ. Groom
along withJ. Child As we are united as a family through marriage and begin our new lives together[QUOTE]We will be doing the blend family ceremony and givnig her a necklace. There will only be using vows from this site. <a href="http://www.celebrateintimateweddings.com/ceremonyblended.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.celebrateintimateweddings.com/ceremonyblended.html</a> <a href="http://www.myspiritualwedding.com/product/019051.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspiritualwedding.com/product/019051.shtml</a> I found the necklace cheaper than this from another site.
Posted by lcroster[/QUOTE]
WAAAAHHHH!!!! I just looked at that first site, reading through it, i started Tearing up.i LOVE those!
This is just something from reading different sites that I compiled together and made..
We are all members of one family, Gods family. Today as Casey and Michael have sealed their commitment to each other with the exchange of rings they to make a commitment to their children. We recognize the significant role that Mikell, Semaya, Kennedi and Parker play in this marriage celebrated today. They will now join Casey and Michael in this commitment to each other by contribution a part of each individual person into one blended family. Today, this relationship is symbolized through the pouring of this sand, each representing a member. As each individuals sand is poured into the family's one united container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will become the bond with your family
The White sand represents God-The foundation that Casey and Michael have built their relationship on. They will pour this sand in simultaneously representing two hearts becoming one.
The Purple sand represents the unity that Casey and Michael have begun today
The Green sand represents Mikell, the Teal sand represents Semaya, the yellow sand represents Kennedi and the pink sand represents Parker.
Each Family member will pour a small amount of White sand in the vase. This will remind this family that God is the Beginning and the End to all things in our lives.
This sounds really nice...Im not sure if I will incorporate my daughter in a special part on the ceremony vows, though. I may let her walk down the isle though.
[QUOTE]I have a 10 yr old daughter and my FI doesn't have any kids. She is already apart of the wedding as a junior bridesmaid. We also wanted to include her in the ceremony too so I decided to change the jumping the broom ceremony wording to include the three of us blending as a new family unit. We will hold hands and jump the broom together with my daughter in the middle of course:
Posted by snh3200[/QUOTE]
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!