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Blended Family/Unity Ceremony

Kimi, on September 27, 2015 at 11:57 PM Posted in Planning 1 6

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My FH has three children, I have none. We do not like the sand ceremony. I found this idea this weekend and we love it! Each person attaches a padlock to others until they form a circle. The officiant says: “These padlocks symbolize your love, solid, secure, safe and protected. You are combining your strengths and hopes in this marriage. Your decision to marry will also shape and deeply affect the lives of your children. Today we acknowledge and celebrate not only the creation of a marriage, but also the creation of a family. Will each of you please lock onto each other’s lock, creating a circle, thus, locking in your individual selves to symbolize the new family. As your family is a circle of strength, joined in love and kept together by God, so are these padlocks… locked together forever." The keys are then destroyed. Found a set of locks on ebay that are perfect. We will then mount them on a piece of wood to hang in the house.

Has anyone seen this done? What do you think?

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Latest activity by Celia Milton, on September 28, 2015 at 11:18 PM

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Danielle · on September 28, 2015 at 12:55 AM
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That sounds interesting, I think it's a good idea!
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Nicole · on September 28, 2015 at 12:57 AM
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The only time I've ever liked the sand ceremony is when I saw a blended family do it and I think it was just because the kids got to join in. So I think as long as FH's kids like the idea, I say go for it!
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Christina · on September 28, 2015 at 11:05 AM
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I've never heard of this - I really like it! Unique and meaningful
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Nancy Taussig · on September 28, 2015 at 5:31 PM
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I think it's a great idea. I've done sand, colored beads, watering a potted tree or plant, and planting wildflower seeds.
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Private User · on September 28, 2015 at 11:05 PM
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I love that idea!! We're doing sand, ONLY because my daughter is 4, and he has an 11 year old son. If it was just the two of us, we wouldn't have done anything. But we both really wanted to include them somehow, and sand is safer than candles for the 4 year old I'd never heard of this lock idea, but that's really cute!
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Celia Milton · on September 28, 2015 at 11:18 PM
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We do a lot of sand, because we can talk about the color of each person's sand, in the context of what they bring to the family, personality wise.

We are alos doing a variation on this, with ground glass instead of sand. On their first anniversary, the family goes to one of the glass studios we recommend and makes a fused glass platter or a blown glass ornament together.
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