Our wedding is pretty far away (Spring 2014) but I was hoping to get some ideas about honoring and remembering people who can't be at the ceremony. My fiance's parents passed away in a horrific accident when he was 7 years old. I would love to do something during the ceremony and/or the reception to include them in our wedding in some way.
I am not a religious person. I was not raised with religion or spirituality and I have never sought it out on my own. Technically I am Jewish because my mother is, but my father is catholic. I am a scientist and have trouble with the fundementals of religion because of my scientific beliefs. I suppose science is my religion. My fiance is methodist and his parents were rather religious. His sister is also pretty religious, attends church, does missionary work etc. My fiance only asks me to go with him to church on special holidays like Easter, which I of course do willingly because I feel like it helps him feel close to his parents and how they raised him. Therefore, I am not opposed to having some sort of religious thing to honor them but I also would not want it to be pretentious. I only brought up the religion thing because I don't want to offend any of my jewish relatives or my catholic ones for that matter, and I want to stay true to myself but most importantly I want him to have them be acknowledged in some way. Obviously I will be asking his opinion but I thought I could bring him some options to consider.
Has anyone been through a similar situation where you somehow acknowledged important people who have passed away? I would love any and all ideas! I would appreciate your stories and suggestions no matter how big or small
Thank you!!!