I'm very late in doing this. :-(. The Wedding was on 10/30 of this year. I've been waiting on some pictures and going through them selecting those that I'll share. So now that that's ready to go, I need to pour all the praise in my heart out... here for Ranna.
She was amazing.
A simple phrase that could never possibly fully capture the impact of her involvement in this milestone in my husband's and my life together.
Ranna was the most welcoming, comforting and nurturing soul from the first moment we got on our vid call to meet for the first time. She took time to try to get a feel for us and get to know us in, as much as could be possible given the time involved. And she was successful I think, also in showing us who she is as a person, as a human and as a kind soul.
Probably most importantly to me, being the coordinator in the relationship, was Ranna's seemingly near infinite patience for answering questions and soothing concerns, of which, I had many. LOTS of questions, lol. But I care about this big change in our lives, and Ranna not only recognized that, but fully supported and encouraged it, making me feel totally at home with her.
I told her right off that we were on a very very tight budget and any savings we could manage would really be helpful and thanks to her, we ended up choosing the Tree of Life in Audubon, in New Orleans, LA (of course, since that is where Ranna is located.. but I mention it because we are not from there, we live in California currently, so we travelled from out of state, which contributed to my paranoia and questions trying to make sure every necessary detail, process, document, was obtained and properly presented since our trip was for a short 5days, )really 4 leaving early that Thursday) and only arriving the day before the wedding which was a Sunday. So we had to get our license first thing Monday morning before getting ready for the wedding later that afternoon.
Anyway, Ranna helped answer all those questions, with her provided documents and her direct communication via email or via vid call.
The point is she was there for us and never once was I REALLY worried once we were in her hands...I felt safe. And because I did, the Hubbie to be did too.. he knows how I am and if I'm good, it's because all is IS INDEED GOOD.
The ceremony she preformed was created based on her lovely framework of eloquent words and phrasing, acknowledging of our blend of agnostic and religious/spiritual beliefs, with splashes of our own individual and personal details to really make this ceremony ours, and ours alone.
Anyway, I really could go on, in case you couldn't tell that by now (yeah right, lol).
But bottomline... RANNA... THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. YOU WILL BE A KEYSTONE TO THE MEMORY OF THAT MOST SPECIAL AND PRICELESS MILESTONE IN OUR LIVES.
We highly recommend Let's Elope New Orleans!
Whether you're a LA native/local, or coming from anywhere else... Ranna will take excellent care of you all around!