“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.”
Christy and Ingrid were referred to me by a former coworker. When we met I knew they were going to be a couple to last through the tests of time. You could see the giddiness within them from the first meeting. They were an unstoppable force of love and light. The best thing about them was they believed in their own love. You could feel the energy of their immense passion for their own relationship and the joy they held in being together.
Their wedding day was a warm July evening.
Christy was getting ready in a conference room of The Phelps in Cincinnati, OH. She was glowing. Her bridesmaids were buzzing around her all working on getting ready around a huge table. Makeup sprawled around and little flower girls running and playing. The excitement was all over their faces. Christy herself was a rockstar. She had that born to be bad attitude and her diva persona made for some great photographic moments.
Ingrid arrived shortly after I did. We made our way up to the rooftop bar to take some bride tribe shots. The city-scape below made the whole scene urban and fun. People crowded around to watch the happenings as I posed the group together in different spots of the bar. We had so much fun and I know Ingrid was feeling like a boss!
The ceremony was in the garden behind the hotel. A magnificent little space with a fountain and patio furniture lining the spaces between the aisle. It was quaint and intimate and just what they had been dreaming of.
I learned a lot about different traditions that day. They had a rope ceremony, Christy's son presented the rings, lots of prayers, and a sand ceremony rounded out the events. Their faces all the while had spanning grins across them. During their ceremony, they are mirroring each other. Without looking at one another their facial expressions almost always match. When one smiles the other smiles. When one purses their lips so does the other. When one scrunches their nose as does the other. They don't even see the other doing it but almost as if they're one body they mimic the other's expressions almost instantly. It is by far one of the most awe inspiring things I have ever noticed in a wedding gallery. That, my friends, is a true sign or a soul mate. When you are so in sync with the other that an outsider notices something like this... its amazing...
Love is love. No matter what your feelings may be on who should be allowed to love who. In my heart, if I see a couple true to one another that's love. It's no one else's relationship to be in and no one's job to judge. Except me. I judge the fact that they were the most loving couple I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Congratulations Christy and Ingrid. Many years of happiness and light your way!