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Always learning - what script writing has taught me as a marriage celebrant Thinking that I was going to specialise in legals only weddings, I thought I would dedicate as little as time and effort needed in writing scripts. In addition to this, most couples I meet tell me they want a no-frills ceremony to which I willingly oblige. When structure met meaning For my first wedding at St Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church , I was enthusiastically researching different Ukrainian w

I’m sitting here trying to process the fact that I actually officiated my first wedding. It still feels surreal - like I’m replaying someone else’s memory but feeling all the feelings as my own. But no, it was me. AB Celebrancy finally stepped into the real world, sandal strap slightly crooked, clipboard in hand (more on that later), under a giant oak tree on the grounds of St Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. And the couple? Matt and Dani. A decade of love. Two beautiful l

Meg and her Croc I had a meeting at another location for my day job as a Diverse Learning Teacher that went over time. Because it went over time, I missed out my usual lunch time and I could feel my hangry levels rising so before going home, I decided to go to the local sushi train.  Feeling a little delirious, I checked my emails as I was walking through the shopping centre and saw an inquiry for a wedding in Parramatta in November. I contacted the inquirer but they did not

Mistakes are meant to happen! It's not about beating yourself over them, it's about making them, acknowledging them, amending them then...

If I haven’t already told you (which is impossible as I’ve told everybody, including the neighbour’s cat), I have finally caught my first...

Analog Collage Art by ADB An old Japanese proverb says that you have three faces. One that you show the world, the second that you show...

Image: Ancient South American rock art on the Nuevo Tolima cliff face, Guaviare, Colombia (c. 20,000 years old) I recently received an...

My full name is Angela Buenaventura. Both my first and last name have interesting stories behind them, which I will get to after I...

It all started during a COVID lockdown - a time when many of us found ourselves re-evaluating our lives. For me, it was mid-existential...