CELEBRANT
Reverend T. Michael Walker, Universal Life Church
PARENTS
Jack Baskin
Bea Wolfe Mejia
MAN OF HONOR, ATTENDANT TO THE BRIDE
Elun Tiercel Gabriel
Marianna’s son
BEST MAN, ATTENDANT TO THE GROOM
Manolo Mejia Cosio
Federico’s son
BEST WOMAN, ATTENDANT TO THE GROOM
Magdalena Anais Mejia Buerger
Federico’s daughter
RING BEARERS
Kyle Buerger
grandson of the groom
Zane Kelley
grand nephew of the bride
Nikitas Dimopolous
grand nephew of the groom
FLOWER GIRLS
Katie Buerger
granddaughter of the groom
Aradia Kelley
grand niece of the bride
MUSIC FOR CEREMONY
Bonnie Barnum
Chris Caswell
friends of the bride and groom
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WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND HOLD IN MEMORY
Virginia Ruth Goldman Baskin Alkow
Mother Of The Bride
Whose memorial tree we planted here on this hill in May 1997.
We Also Acknowledge And Hold In Memory
Elena Baskin
Step-Mother Of The Bride
We would like to thank our parents, children, and grandchildren for enriching
and supporting our lives, and to also thank the rest of our family and our
friends for sharing this special day.
We would also like to thank all our friends who will grace us with their music today, and the many wonderful friends who helped us prepare for this celebration.
Thanks to Charles Berrard and Rosanne Jefferies for making the wedding Chupah. and to Celeste Prisinzano Chesko for organzing Marianna’s bridal shower.
Immediate Family
Jack Baskin & Peggy Downes Baskin
Marianna’s father and step-mother
Bea Wolfe Mejia
Federico’s mother
Elun Tiercel Gabriel & Donna
Marianna’s son and daughter-in-law
Manolo Mejia Cosio & Alta Cosio
Federico’s son and daughter-in-law
Magdalena & Jason Buerger
Federico’s daughter and son-in-law
Kyle, Katie, and Kerra Buerger
Federico’s grandchildren
Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer
Marianna’s sister and brother-in-law
Nick and Esther Baran
Marianna’s step-brother and sister-in-law
Dorothy & John Chambliss
Federico’s sister and brother-in-law
Timmie Balambao & Joan Hoffman
Federico’s brother and sister-in-law
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Your rings are round like the sun and the moon, diamonds sparkling in the
circles, uniting husband and wife with their brilliance and clarity.
Marianna’s ring contains emeralds because she loves the color green and the nurturing earth. Federico’s ring contains rubies because he loves the color red, reflecting the warmth of the sun. The sun and the earth together make magic, they fulfill the promise of life and fertility. Your rings will serve as reminders to you and to others of the promises you make here today, of the love you share and the commitment being witnessed today of becoming husband and wife.
Now I choose to add Mejia to my name, in the style of North America I honor you my love. And yet close to myself I keep my names of birth and the names I’ve used in my past, because they too speak of who I am and where I’ve come from, before blending lives with you, my love. So my name becomes Marianna Chaya (my Jewish name) Jane Baskin Gabriel Mejia. As I now end my name with your name, my love, may I live and end my life with you by my side. I celebrate our partnership by adding your name to mine.
By marrying you I acknowledge before the world the soul bond I feel for you and I will continue to honor and love you and our relationship as I do now because I know that to be true.
I thank the spirits for guiding me to my soul mate at last. Federico, Freddie my love, I know it to be true that I will love, honor, respect and enjoy you, as your lawful wedded wife, for the rest of our lives. May I dance to your music eternally. With this ring of gold and diamonds and rubies, all of which you outshine, I thee wed. I take thee Federico to be my lawful wedded husband.
Marianna, my beautiful love, by marrying you I acknowledge before the world
the soul bond I feel for you and I will continue to honor and love you and
our relationship as I do now because I know that to be true.
I thank the spirits for guiding me to my soul mate at last.Marianna my love, I know it to be true that I will love, honor, respect and enjoy you, as your lawful wedded husband, for the rest of our lives. May I make music for your dance eternally. With this ring of gold and diamonds and emeralds, all of which you outshine, I thee wed.
I take thee Marianna to be my lawful wedded wife.
Now you will feel no rain, for you will be shelter for each other.
Now you will feel no cold, for you will be warmth for each other.
Now you will feel no loneliness, for you will be friends for each other.
Now you are two people, but there is only one road you will walk together.
Go now to your home, and may your days be long upon the earth.
(Native American Poem)