Like the song goes ... it figures it'd rain on your wedding day ... trust my luck and all that. Well, we've had lots of rainy weddings on the Gold Coast lately, but because most of my couples are pretty relaxed, it's been no biggie to move their ceremonies indoors. This is why I love working with laid back people - we can't control the weather, so we'll just work to make everything as fabulous as possible - but indoors with no tears.
Don't have a meltdown if it rains on your wedding day - you can still have the wedding of your dreamsSoft grey clouds make awesome photosHayden and Hayley - had a stunningly wet weddingHaydn and Hayley loved their rainy day elopement on the beach
And remember, if your photographer is worth their salt they'll make the dark clouds panoramic and your wedding shots will be ah.mazing. It never ceases to astound me how talented some of my fave photographers are.
Anyway, back to the rain .... did you know that it's supposed to be good luck if it rains on your wedding day? Yeah, I agree, I reckon that's BS .... and so did brides from hundreds of years ago ... if it looked like rain they'd gather rocks and boil them to hold off the clouds.
So off you go, make sure you have a wet weather option that you're just as excited about as your dry weather option - and go grab some rocks just in case ....
To contact Lynette if you have any queries, feel free to call, email or text for a fabulous Tamborine Mountain wedding or elopement - even in the rain.
I heard something today which got me thinking about a ceremony I conducted several years ago.
I was in the midst of an intensive uni semester - and a busy wedding season - and, like the idiot that I am, I had agreed to do Jury duty. In short - I was super busy. So this particular Tuesday, I'd been called for Jury service and was back at home by 11am. I had assignments to finish and nothing would deter me.
It's all about the love
Until …
I received a phone call from a man who said his son wanted to marry the love of his life. Only problem was, his son was dying from liver cancer. I told the fellow I could get to him on the Thursday and he said "He won't live that long". So, stuff Psych assignments ... sometimes priorities can just smack you in the face.
I was with the family within the hour. The palliative care bed was in the middle of the darkened lounge room, the groom lay on it with his fiance lying with him, stroking his face and whispering 'I love yous'. My stomach turned into knots and I had to hold back my tears.
But there's legal requirements - could I marry them in just a few hours?
I helped them complete the NoiM and sighted all the relevant ID - then I rang the Magistrates Court in Maroochydore to organise a shortening of the month's notice. The only legal way to waive the required one month's notice (now you have to go through the Births Deaths and Marriages in your State). I'd made the bride's appointment with the Mag Court at 2pm that day, and as I'd predicted, the Shortening was approved straight away.
I'd arranged a gifted bouquet and photographer
I called upon some beautiful people (flowers and photography) and this wonderful and loving couple were married that afternoon (3 hours notice). The groom wanted to walk to the ceremony, on the balcony of the house and it was obvious to all that those 12 steps were painful. But he did it. It was one of the most beautiful and touching ceremonies I have ever witnessed.
They loved each other with every fibre of their beings and I am so proud to have made myself available from the silliness of my urbane existence, to witness such beauty... This wedding, simple as it was, literally changed my life.
As the father had predicted the groom went home on the Thursday. He was 24.
In 2013, when my uni world had slowed down; I was half way through my Doctoral research and I had more time on my hands. So I contacted the local wedding community to see if anyone was interested in donating their services for a wedding for a local couple who were battling a terminal illness. Within 30 minutes, this gorgeous big-hearted community had pulled together to gift a $35,000 wedding.
Within a month, we'd found Chrissy and Nathan - a gorgeous couple who I really adored marrying. And My Wedding Wish was born. In 2016, I took it to the next level and registered it as a national charity and we've conducted almost 100 gifted weddings around Australia. From little ideas ... big things come.
In 2023, after running the charity for 10 years, I closed the doors. Of course I still get calls and yes, still arrange the weddings for the terminally ill - but just not as a charity. Just because I can, I guess.
My Wedding Wish was a national charity until it was closed in 2023
