Elementary school…that is where they met, that is where they had their first crush, that is where it all began. Somehow Rachael and Kyle have managed to maintain that simplicity in their love. They know each other in a way that only happens after years of growing up together and seeing each other through childhood and now starting their lives together as man and wife. The joined together forever on the sandy beaches of Playa Del Carmen Mexico in front of their closest family and friends. Their love is relaxed and sincere and simple and they wanted a ceremony that would reflect that.  So on a sunny warm day in the Rivera Maya Rachael strolled down the beach arm in arm with her mom and dad, joined her love barefoot in the sand, and said “I do”.

This poem has always been a favorite of mine and it was read at their wedding, I shared it on the blog some time ago and I thought I would share it again, it almost has new life and new meaning for me.

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in

my heart) i am never without it(anywhere

i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing,my darling)

                                                   

i fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want

no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows

higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

-ee cummings