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?
