I was thinking about Kristyn and Tom and their secret wedding again today.
I think about that evening all the time.
Images of what took place that night, both wonderful and terrifying, come into my mind even in my sleep.
I had better tell you the tale.
Their engagement party was to also be their wedding but no one was to know!
Stylish and spirited, Kristyn had her own ideas about what her wedding would be like.
“We’ll fill our house with our friends and family inviting them to our engagement party -but surprise everyone and get married right then and there.”
“We’ll have our mid-summer night garden wedding, in the glow of lantern and fairy light, in our own backyard.”
Secret preparations were made over months.
The universe though, had made other plans for Kristyn and Tom.
An enormous, deep purple, storm front had eerily darkened the city when I arrived in the late afternoon.
Guests looked skyward into the cloud mass. Black!
Or at the B.O.M weather website on their phones. Red!
This was to be a super storm cell.
The storm hung heavily overhead and then crashed to ground on our wedding .
Wild rain!
Plans changed and changed again as family and friends relocated from the yard carrying what they could to the deck and when the wind and rain came driving in sideways, they moved again to the shelter of the living rooms of the house.
In the lounge room were a bride, a groom and 100 guests who still did not know a wedding was about to take place.
Disaster?
No!
Not if you are Kristyn and Tom who see a massive thunder and lightning storm as a heaven sent sound and light show to celebrate their wedding day.
So chilled were they.
Thrilled with the extra excitement, while some around them lost their heads, they made their announcement to all from their dining room and were then whisked off by some not-so-surprised besties to their bedrooms to get into their wedding gear.
As the rain eased a little, the deck was again to be the scene for our wedding.
With Kristyn and Tom and party all ready the wedding began.
Here comes the bride.
No wait! Another storm cell. Howling wind and pelting rain.
Stop the wedding!
Tom, the celebrant, and all the guests, are driven off the deck and back inside.
Kristyn, who was half way down the hallway with her wedding party of brothers and nephews, must about face and scurry back to her bedroom dressing room.
The second storm eases and, although the full forces of nature are on display with wind, rain, thunder and lightning, nothing now will stop the marriage of Kristyn and Tom.
Together, despite the conditions, we regain the deck as ours.
As friends and family united, we surround our couple to protect them from the elements and watch as they are married.
There is a huge cheer and celebration as they kiss as husband and wife.
I take photos and watch as Kristyn, so vibrant and excited by life, whose wedding day ended up nothing like she dreamed it would be, is surrounded by her people -her Tom, her Mum, her brothers, John, her Gran, Uncle Wayne and all her beautiful girlfriends.
For Kristyn it’s been a wild and exciting day. She has dealt with chaos superbly.
We gather all the guests together for a photo.
No one who was there will forget this wedding
All is good.
They sign their wedding documents in their kitchen of course -where else!
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this. It’s a great story I’ll never forget.
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Sincerely,
Paul Neil
You can see more pics from Kristyn and Toms’ wedding here:
http://paulneilphotography.pixieset.com/kristynadtomseveningwedding/