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Client Testimonials---
The
following are comments from a few of my amazing couples. Am
I lucky or what!?
Dear Sally,
David and I wish to thank you so very much for officiating our
wedding. You helped us find the perfect ceremony to express
our love for each other. Your help leading up to the wedding
was a huge organizational relief for me. Probably most importantly,
you helped us get through our big day with beautiful memories
and without stress or catastrophes. We would never have found
the right ceremony without your assistance. David had very strong
opinions about certain parts of the wedding: no poetry, readings,
or formal processional. I was petrified of anything too sappy,
and neither of us is religious. On the other hand, there were
whole chunks of the ceremony that we knew we wanted, such as
vows and rings, but had no idea what the content or form should
be. I can still remember sitting down with you in our half-packed-to-move
living room and how patient you were with both our strong opinions
and cluelessness. It was wonderful to be provided with a selection
of possible opening statements, vows, ring exchange passages
and conclusions and being able to pick and choose. Even better,
you were flexible and allowed us to customize as much as we
wanted! We came away that evening with the exact ceremony we
wanted, even though earlier in the night we were unable to articulate
and express that ceremony to you. You were able to pick our
brains enough to guide us towards the perfect ceremony.
Once we had a ceremony created with you, you took a huge weight
off our shoulders. Because I was coming up to the final days
of attaining my PhD, while at the same time planning my wedding,
the days were a whirlwind. We planned and executed the entire
wedding, including out of town guests, reception, an apartment
move, etc in less than three weeks. Needless to say, it was
a disorganized and stressful time. Your calm and presence from
the day we set the ceremony to the actual wedding day was a
huge help. You took the legal paperwork with you, thus removing
the possibility that we pack it in a box and loose it. You remotely
wrote out the entire ceremony and made it available for checking,
thereby providing us with a tangible memory in the form of a
document with the exact ceremony words and steps in it. You
also helped remind us of details such as ‘please ask someone
to be your best man and let me know who it is’. It seems ridiculous
that we might forget to ask our friends to stand with us, but
as we discovered, getting married is a huge organizational affair
and it can happen. Thank you for helping us check our list.
Just as important, to me, as creating the dream ceremony, was
making it come true. We definitely put obstacles in your path
that day. David forgot to tell you his best man’s name. You
quite graciously introduced yourself and included him in the
ceremony. Also, while we described to you in general terms the
spot in the park where we wanted to get married, we forgot to
actually show it to you, or tell you how to get there. Somehow
you found it, and when we arrived you were there, smiling and
ready to go. Finally, while we adamantly wanted a British-style
wedding in which there is no formal processional with bridesmaids
and such, my entire family did their own impromptu formal processional.
You took it in stride and just rolled with the punches. For
that, I am incredibly grateful. Between the wedding pictures
that are beginning to roll in, and the documents you provided
us with to complete our ceremony, we have the perfect set of
memory aids. Thanks to you and all your help and patience, those
memories are all good ones. Thank you so much.
Sincerely,
Adriane P. Chapman
Ann Arbor, MI
Dear Sally,
It was such a pleasure to have you with us on such a special
day in our lives. Your joy too was evident throughout the ceremony,
and we are deeply grateful for that! We have yet to see pictures
of the ceremony from the photographers, but when we do we'll
be sure to pass them along! Thank you for the good luck wishes
on our second ceremony! We've hardly stopped to come down from
the first!
All our best and warmest regards,
Marjorie & Chandan
Dear Sally;
Brian and I just wanted to drop you a line to tell you we are
back from our honeymoon and doing well. Sally, we will always
remember you and all you have done for us. The wedding ceremony
was amazing. I am so glad you had tissues! The wedding may be
over but we are both hoping our friendship with you will last
a lifetime. We’re deeply grateful for the way you worked with
us this past year. I was so frightened by the intense emotions
I was experiencing around becoming a wife! Yikes! But you helped
us see that this was all a normal part of the process. Who would
have ever thought something so beautiful could also be so scary?
Your guidance, patience and love drew us closer and your wisdom
helped bring us to this day. We are truly in love. While we
don’t feel the need to call on your coaching services at this
point in time, we realize that relationships have their ups
and downs. If we ever again feel the need for someone to help
us see things clearly, we will be knocking at your door! Again
thank you and God bless.
Love;
Monica and Brian
Dearest Sally,
We consider ourselves truly blessed to have found you at the very last moment. Every conversation was like planning the elopement with my closest friend. You were right on the ball with vows and a complete intimate ceremony that perfectly reflected who we are as a couple and a family. You were kind and patient with our toddlers whenever they ran off in the ceremony! You have such a unique sincerity, rarely found today, that made us sure we had chosen....completely by chance....the one perfect person to officiate our wedding. We will most definitely keep in touch and keep you on our guest list for the future celebration! I would recommend you in a heartbeat to anyone wishing for the most memorable and lovely everything.
Sincerely;
Kevin and Stefanie Spezia
Sally made me and my fiancee feel comfortable from our first
meeting. She took the time to get to know us and really listen
to our feelings and ideas about our ceremony. When we were stuck
coming up with words or ideas she was a wealth of great suggestions.
She was professional and genuinely caring through the whole
process. She made our wedding the ceremony I had envisioned.
We really appreciate everything she did for us. The ceremony
was beautiful! Thanks Sally!
Lisa Dietz
Chicago, IL
Sally;
Please accept our sincere thanks for all of your help in officiating our wedding. This was a memorable day for us and thanks to you everything was exactly how we imagined it would be. Our day was truly perfect! Your services were professional in every way. You made us feel comfortable before the wedding that everything would be taken care of. The day of the wedding, you actually showed up early! (as promised) and were prepared for every possible circumstance, right down to tissues for the tears! It was wonderful knowing that we never had to worry. We will be happy to refer your services to other couples who are holding a wedding in Southeastern Michigan.
Matthew and Leslie Michaels
Dear Sally;
Thank you so very much for making our day all we have dreamed it would be. We appreciate that you were so open-minded about our wishes to have a secular wedding ceremony. My best friend's wedding officiant promised to honor their wishes about performing a non-religious wedding ceremony, but then she slipped in the prayers and a biblical reading without even letting them know ahead of time that she was going to do so. They were very upset because if you're asking for a nonreligious ceremony, you're asking for a non-religious ceremony. I just didn't want to go through the same thing. But you were great! I feel like you understood us. Thanks for being so respectful of who we are.
Jamie and Rob
Hello there our new friend Sally;
Sally we both want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you have meant to us through our wedding process. Not only did we hold our small intimate ceremony right in your beautiful living room, you also greeted our guests, put on wedding music, lit candles and even helped me get dressed! You treated our wedding as if it were the most important event in the entire world. And of course to us it was! Our simple ceremony was meaningful, romantic and fun! You have a great style and personality and you also have a wonderful family. (Please thank Rob for taking pictures for us will you?) Thanks for being there Sally; really being there, for our special day. We will keep you posted on all of our lives major events and hope you will do the same!
With Love and Gratitude
Mr and Mrs Brad and Mindy Beckman
Sally Ann;
Thank you so much for helping make our wedding day so perfect. Your calm relaxed personality and the love that shines from you set the tone and made us feel relaxed and comfortable. We'll refer you often and with true enthusiasm!”
Sincerely;
Nancy and Alan Brown
Dear Sally;
I want to thank you for all you did to make our wedding day perfect. As you may recall I called you several months before my wedding and spoke to you in great depth. But then I decided to go with another officiant who was going to charge us less. I figured, an officiant is an officiant, right? But just eight days before the wedding you heard from me again. This time I was in tears, telling you that I had not heard from my officiant and kept trying to reach him. When I finally did, he said he was sorry but he couldn’t make it! He had overbooked and didn’t even really recall telling me he would do it for sure! I had called everyone in town after that (Embarrassed to call you back), but was unable to find an available officiant that I liked. When I finally called, you were sweet and warm. Your schedule that day was busy, but with some work we managed to make our ceremony 30 minutes later than we had planned and it was perfect! Even though you were so busy you met with us in person that week and worked hard with us to make the ceremony the one I had always dreamed of. It was later that you told me how often you hear from frantic brides or parents of brides who are calling at the last minute because their officiant has cancelled or is simply MIA. I guess you do get what you pay for and in this case; with you; we received so much more than we paid for. Sally Ann, you are the best!
Sincerely;
Mr and Mrs Kevin and Diane Beal
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