There are so many things we can say about this wonderful, beautiful, professional officiant. We started our search for an officiant about a year prior to our wedding date. Cynthia was the second or third person we spoke with and after our meeti...ng, we knew we needed to look no further. We met and discussed everything from our life as a couple to our families to our vision for the big day. She was so easy to talk to and we left that first meeting feeling like she really got us.
As a same-sex couple, it can be hard to find someone who treats you like any other couple and who doesn't turn your wedding into an over the top spectacle and she always made us feel like any other couple would feel getting ready to wed.
The preparation process she lays out is amazing. She gets so in depth without being invasive and by the end of it, she has a clear vision of you as a couple which makes her ceremony script so personal.
During the year of planning, we had so many questions. As a young, newly engaged couple, we had no idea what was ahead of us and she was on call 24/7 to help. She had recommendations for suit color, flowers, venue options, music, and the list goes on and on and on. Sometimes, we would just call to vent and she would always have an ear to listen.
When our wedding weekend came, she was a huge rock and calming force. She came out a day prior to the wedding day and staged our entire wedding. She was so aware and knew when we were getting overwhelmed. Without her, we wouldn't even know how to walk out at the right time. She rehearsed us in both spaces (our rain back-up and our outdoor space) to make sure the entire wedding party was prepared. She also came equipped with a full on sound system, complete with an engineer! On the actual wedding day, she was several hours early. She wanted to make sure she had ample time to check the space, set her speakers and mics up, and get with the DJ to collaborate on music timing for perfect dramatic affect. When me and my husband started hearing her beautiful script, the tears and laughs never stopped. Our entire audience was completely enraptured by her words(and the reason they heard them was because she micd us and had a sound engineer).At the reception, every single guest said we had the best wedding they've every been to. They all saw what we saw from our first meeting with Cynthia, she is an amazing, heartfelt woman, and we were honored to have her marry us. It has been three months, and we are still getting compliments on her services. One of our guests even asked if she could use her for her wedding! To sum this review up, Cynthia is the most passionate, experienced, eloquent officiant we could ever hope for and we would recommend her to any and everyone. We love you Cynthia!