Lori Levisen & Bob Waegell
Sacramento Wedding Officiants
Co-Creating magical moments
to treasure for a lifetime.
Sacramento Wedding Officiants
Co-Creating magical moments
to treasure for a lifetime.
Creating magical moments
to treasure for a lifetime.
to treasure for a lifetime.
Who We Are
Lori & Bob along Hwy 1 in 1996
The beginnings of "Loving Celebrations"
Bob & I found one another at a dinner party hosted by a friend over 15 years ago! Before too long, we had become best friends finding joy and comfort in simple togetherness, no matter what we were doing.
We have even learned to appreciate our fights because they have ultimately strengthened our bond. Appreciating commitment as we do, helping others to proclaim theirs is deeply satisfying to us.
Bob & I found one another at a dinner party hosted by a friend over 15 years ago! Before too long, we had become best friends finding joy and comfort in simple togetherness, no matter what we were doing.
We have even learned to appreciate our fights because they have ultimately strengthened our bond. Appreciating commitment as we do, helping others to proclaim theirs is deeply satisfying to us.
Bob wrote this and I have since adopted it even though I have never been divorced.
"I have seen too many marriages end in divorce. I lived through one myself. So for me, your compatibility and the depth of your devotion to each other matter more than the amount of money you spend or the size of wedding you host for your family and friends.
That said, friends and relatives can be a vital source of support and perspective when times are tough. I hope you have some. In my view, a wedding ceremony is more than a celebration of the love between two people. It is more than a solemn vow to remain faithful despite sickness or poverty. It is also a humble plea, made to those you have invited, to help you stay in love, to help you keep talking, and to help you stay married in the years ahead--even when you don't realize or won't admit that you need such help. Ideally, then, a wedding ceremony builds not only a couple and their family, but a whole community.
That sounds awfully preachy, I know. But a ceremony that emphasizes your membership in a larger community need not be dull and humorless. Indeed, it can be fun to assure a groom that friends will be there to restrain his bride's shopping sprees and equally heartwarming for a bride to know that her new husband will forever be under social pressure to pick up his dirty socks or change dirty diapers.
In this mundane way, I prefer not to call upon God to grant you a life of wedded bliss. Instead, I lightheartedly call upon you and your loved ones to embody holiness yourselves, to remember what's important and what isn't, to fight fairly, and to appreciate little things like sticking out your tongue to settle trivial disputes -- an endearing practice I learned from Lori."
"I have seen too many marriages end in divorce. I lived through one myself. So for me, your compatibility and the depth of your devotion to each other matter more than the amount of money you spend or the size of wedding you host for your family and friends.
That said, friends and relatives can be a vital source of support and perspective when times are tough. I hope you have some. In my view, a wedding ceremony is more than a celebration of the love between two people. It is more than a solemn vow to remain faithful despite sickness or poverty. It is also a humble plea, made to those you have invited, to help you stay in love, to help you keep talking, and to help you stay married in the years ahead--even when you don't realize or won't admit that you need such help. Ideally, then, a wedding ceremony builds not only a couple and their family, but a whole community.
That sounds awfully preachy, I know. But a ceremony that emphasizes your membership in a larger community need not be dull and humorless. Indeed, it can be fun to assure a groom that friends will be there to restrain his bride's shopping sprees and equally heartwarming for a bride to know that her new husband will forever be under social pressure to pick up his dirty socks or change dirty diapers.
In this mundane way, I prefer not to call upon God to grant you a life of wedded bliss. Instead, I lightheartedly call upon you and your loved ones to embody holiness yourselves, to remember what's important and what isn't, to fight fairly, and to appreciate little things like sticking out your tongue to settle trivial disputes -- an endearing practice I learned from Lori."
| Bob Waegell I am a farmboy at heart, with a small orchard of mostly stone fruits like apricots, plums, peaches, Pluots, Apriums and prunes. A couple varieties of grapes, figs and paw-paws keep things interesting. (See www.plumcrazyorchard.com) Part of the third generation working the land, I know first-hand the challenges and rewards of working with, and living close to, an extended family. I was inspired to become a wedding officiant by witnessing just how much Lori lights up when performing a wedding. A profession that brings that much joy was enough for me to overcome my fear of public speaking! The picture I have chosen was taken as I completed the paperwork after the first wedding I performed. |
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Lori Levisen and Bob Waegell
We would love to help you create a warm, personal
ceremony to share with your favorite people on your wedding day.llevisen@yahoo.com rhwaegell@yahoo.com