On the solstice, with a flurry of snowflakes, Kate and Lionel celebrated their winter wedding in Boston and Cambridge. Kate got ready at her parents’ home, donning her mother’s wedding gown, and then walking the few blocks to the public gardens where she met Lionel on the bridge. Following portraits in the garden, we strolled along the Commonwealth Avenue mall and made our way to their ceremony at the Church of the Covenant on Newbury Street. Kate was preceded down the aisle by attendants carrying shining lanterns, harkening to the light of love and the return of the sun. Surrounded by the warm affection of their closest friends and family, Kate and Lionel pledged themselves to each other in a bilingual English-Spanish ceremony. I love witnessing fleeting, unscripted moments, such as when Kate and Lionel briefly rested their foreheads together after their kiss. A wedding day speeds by, but these two so impressed me with their ability to live in the moment; proceeding slowly up the aisle, they shared smiles and accepted congratulations from all their guests. Later, at their wedding reception at Hotel Marlowe, they mingled during cocktail hour, were toasted by parents, siblings and friends, and opened the dance floor with a salsa.
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