Weddings and marriage can mean many things to many people; so it seems appropriate to share what the milestone means to us.
If you think about families like tribes – when someone reaches adulthood, everyone has the option to a) stay with their tribe b) go to another tribe or c) start your own tribe. Option C always seems like the one with most potential for personalization, but it is also the one with the most risk given you must lead the tribe on your own. Luckily, at the onset it is usually a tribe of just yourself (though leading yourself through your twenties can be quite the battlefield). However, if you are lucky enough (and it’s what you want), you hopefully find someone whom you would actually allow to lead the tribe with you.
So, this is what weddings and marriage mean to us. That we each set forth from our parent tribes, navigated a tribe of one, and that now, we are merging tribes to share the journey of life together.
We’d like to extend the invitation to all of you to share in the celebration of this – and please know that with this invitation, it’s doesn’t mean just to these few hours; it also means that there is an open door to our hut (both literally and conceptually) any time. The best thing about having your own tribe is you get to invite whoever you want to join.
From our tribe to yours – please don’t be a stranger.
Jake and Fang
(still working on that family crest, otherwise it would be inserted here)