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Riordan Mansion Wedding

2/22/2020

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A wedding in which the couple honored their family heritage, so unique. K & F were married at the historic Riordan Mansion in Flagstaff in Spring.  They chose the Love Story package and included a handfasting in their ceremony.  Their cords were copper to reflect their roots in Arizona and green for their Irish roots.  The cords were adorned with symbols that were meaningful to them. It was all done so intentionally.  After the final binding, these words were spoken: As your hands are bound together now, so your lives and spirits are joined in a union of love and trust.  The knots of this binding are not formed by these chords but instead by your vows. Either of you may drop the chords, for as always, you hold in your own hands the making or breaking of this union.
They met in high school and even back then, the groom loved wearing kilts.  This caught her attention and eventually she fell in love with his ability to be himself regardless of anyone else's opinions. He fell in love with her fascination with the natural world and so much more. When he presented her with the ring and asked her to marry him, she said, “Of course I will you silly boy.”  
From James Joyce’s, Chamber Music,
Bright cap and streamers,
He sings in the hollow:
Come follow, come follow,
All you that love.
Leave dreams to the dreamers
That will not after,
That song and laughter
Do nothing move.
With ribbons streaming
He sings the bolder;
In troop at his shoulder
The wild bees hum.
And the time of dreaming
Dreams is over −− −
As lover to lover,
        Sweetheart, I come. 
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Photography by Heather Kadar
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