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514. Officiating the HEA with Denise Williams

Do You Take This Man
A | BN | K | AB
Denise Williams is a contemporary romance author with several books coming out this year including a series of audio-first novellas set in an airport, beginning with The Love Connection. She is also releasing her third novel, Do You Take This Man.

Denise is also a wedding officiant! So we are going to talk about the process of uniting people in matrimony, what she loves most, and making the event meaningful for the people who are present. So many happy wedding stories, this episode will make you smile.

Thank you to Daché J. Rogers and Erin Galloway for setting up this interview!  

Have you officiated a wedding? Been at a memorable wedding event? Tell me everything?

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Here are the books we discuss in this podcast:

You can find Denise Williams on her website, DeniseWilliamsWrites.com.

And here are the quotes Denise references in the episode!

“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. ” – Justice Anthony Kennedy

“Civil marriage is at once a deeply personal commitment to another human being and a highly public celebration of the ideals of mutuality, companionship, intimacy, fidelity, and family. It is an association that promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects.” Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution, and the decision whether and whom to marry is among life’s momentous acts of self-definition.”

Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, Mass. Supreme Court

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  1. Kareni says:

    What an entertaining interview. Thank you, Sarah and Denise!

    When my husband and I married, it was the first ever marriage that the officiant celebrated. Driving back to our apartment, my new husband and I were saying, “Wow, we’re really married” when we realized that nothing had been signed. Oops. The next day we scrounged up a couple of witnesses and made it legal!

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