My dear friends Becky and Joe just got married this morning, and yesterday we threw Becky a “Hen Do” in her hometown of Brill, in the U.K.

The day was one of the most special I can remember and filled with such love and admiration for both Becky, Joe and just the institution of marriage and what it stands for. After a morning of doing yoga in a beautiful field and drinking Prosecco by a pond filled with dragonflies, Becky’s sister Larah asked each of us women gathered there to form a circle around Becky and offer her a blessing. In Ibiza where Larah lives, it is customary for women to bless one another before major life events such as births, and weddings. We each went around and introduced ourselves and said our names followed by who our mothers & our grandmothers were. Then we gave a piece of advice or words of encouragement to Becky regarding anything from love & relationships, intimacy & friendships, children and how to keep it all in perspective when trying to survive a marriage.

The words each woman spoke were poignant, genuine, kind and so very heartfelt. We laughed, cried, and hugged. Each of us felt such a deep connection to Becky and to each other and I think the most important lesson we were reminded of was that love always wins. No matter what, at the end of the day, it all comes back to the love. We each wrote our thoughts down and collected them into a little wooden box with a queen bee on it (quite symbolic) that we would then gift to Becky today at her reception.

The idea that “it takes a village” was very much present and never more apparent than it was today as I  watched this beautiful little town in the English countryside turn up to give away my beautiful friend as she walked down the aisle to marry her perfect partner. May they be blissfully happy and so very GOOD for the rest of their days together.

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