Easter Cheer

Hi guys,

Happy Easter to everyone and to all the Easter brides and grooms, congratulations. What perfect weather for your special day. This Easter and for the first time this year I did not have a celebration to officiate BUT I did celebrate with family. that is what Easter is all about, family and friends and togetherness.

Easter Saturday was spent with my adorable 87 year old mother. Hubby Kevin and I took her on a picnic to hers' and our favourite spot, Cliff Street Reserve at Norah Head. I have officiated many weddings there and if you are thinking of a location then please go and have a look at Cliff Street Reserve, it is perfect. It is sheltered by evergreen bushy trees, has a couple of picnic tables and the view of the ocean is spectacular and it has the best view of Norah Head Lighthouse in the distance.We go there each year for our Christmas lunch. Mum is quite frail now but I am hoping that we will be able to take her there once again this coming Christmas.

Easter Sunday was another family gathering with my cousin Bill and his daughters, one of which is my God Child. We are very close and I regard her as the daughter that I never had. She is a lovely woman.Pity she is a Tigers supporter and not Manly but I love her anyway! Together with her daughter who is nearly 21 Yikes! and my husband, Kev and not forgetting the loveable husband of my GC's beautiful sister Nicki. The get to gether was at the Mooney Mooney Club. What a lovely lunch and laughs and family atmosphere we had.

So now it is Easter Monday and I have been working on a funeral ceremony a celebration of a lovely lady that lost her 6 month battle to lung cancer just before Easter. It is not fair! This lady was a beautiful daughter, friend and soul mate to her loving husband of thirty eight years. Her celebration of life will a beautiful testament to the person she was, to the happiness that she brought to others.

So Easter to me this year has been happy and yet sad but the celebration of both will be long remembered with gratitude, respect and love.

take care
warm regards
Glenda Davison CMC JP
www.coastalcelebrations.com.au
glennie50davison@aol.com
0414839269

PS I must tell the Blog world.....I did not have one piece of chocolate in any form whatsoever over the Easter break!!! This would be a first for me in my nearly 60 years of living!!! Nor did I have an Easter Bun! Now that is something to celebrate!

Celebrations

Hi guys

It is hard to believe that we are nearly a quarter through this year. I have been very busy with lots of celebrations lately including weddings, baby namings, re-newal of vows celebrations, birthday celebrations and celebrations of life and even celebrating the Central Coast Country festival last weekend. I definitely celebrated at The Wolverines concert at Davistown RSL with Kevin and friends Cliff & Anne. What a great night it was and I am sure everyone got a great laugh when I was chosen to dance with a shawl and big plastic boobies strapped on me whilst they were singing one of their songs. Actually I must have been good as a few people commented to me afterwards that I did a great job.I tried my best as I do with anything I undertake. I love dancing so I really enjoyed being part of the band! They didn't ask me to join them though!

There is always something to celebrate and to be thankful for. Emotions whether happy or sad can be celebrated. When we lose someone we love we celebrate their living and their memory. When we celebrate a union of two people we celebrate their future and when we celebrate the naming of a child we celebrate their welcome into the family unit.

Another celebration that is very soon is Easter where we celebrate lots of things. We celebrate the Easter Bunny coming and we celebrate Christ's resurrection. We celebrate the holidays by having family barbeques and get togethers and picnics. We celebrate by having egg hunts and going to the Royal Easter Show and to church on Easter Sunday. We celebrate the Easter holidays by not eating meat on Good Friday but eating lots of choccy eggs on Easter Sunday and not to mention fresh hot cross buns with lots of butter. We celebrate with family and friends. Usually I overcelebrate and eat too many eggs but that is all part of the celebration so I embrace it, hey it's Easter. A bit like Christmas,another celebration. So much to be thankful for and to embrace and to celebrate.

So everyone go forth and celebrate! which means "mark with or engage in festivities, perform rite or ceremony or to praise publicly"

Enjoy your celebration whatever it may be.

take care guys

warm regards
Glenda Davison CMC JP
www.coastalcelebrations.com.au
glennie50davison@aol.com
0414839269

Sunrise wedding

Hi guys

There is nothing nicer in this whole wide world then seeing the sunrise BUT sometimes due to weather conditions it doesn't happen! My sunrise wedding at Port Stephens on Dutchmans beach last Sunday week was one of those occasions.It was overcast and the sky looked angry.
Never the less my Bride and Groom shone brightly. He had tears of happiness in his eyes when she walked down the aisle. All the guests applauded and welcomed the happy couple. This ceremony was all about ritual and bright colours and the love of the beach and friends and family so it didn't matter that we didn't see the sun rise, we saw a beautiful couple unite as one through ritual and beautiful words spoken.
I will never forget this sun rise wedding especially since I had to get out of bed at 2.30am in the morning... hey it was all worth it!

take care
warm regards
Glenda Davison CMC JP
www.coastalcelebrations.com.au
glennie50davison@aol.com
0414839269