A blessing of hands - at a wedding ceremony - is a moment to pause, to connect with your senses and your partner and reflect on the meaning of the promises you’re making. It can go before or after the vows but I often put it right near the end of the ceremony - as a reflective moment of intimacy and connection before the celebrations begin. It fits particularly well into a handfasting ceremony, when the hands are such a focus throughout, but it’s ideal for any couple that lov

I've been refreshing my resources for Baby Naming Ceremonies and I've struggled to find readings I really love - prose or poems that express how I remember feeling when I held each of my tiny babies in my arms and felt that thunderbolt of love and responsibility surging through me. The challenge with readings for ceremonies is that they have to connect with an audience on their first listen. I love Sylvia Plath's poem, You're, for example. But, while I think the last two line