For more than 21 years, my family has owned and operated a wedding venue that was built (by hand!) as a labor of love by my father for my mother for their thirtieth wedding anniversary, on their 7-acre lushly landscaped private country estate in Western Chicago Suburb. We have had the honor of sharing of nearly two thousand wedding ceremonies at the wedding chapel and wedding gazebo, ranging from traditional to non-traditional, and drawing on the wedding traditions and rituals of beliefs from around the world. We only host one wedding at a time, as my father is the primary wedding officiant, I offer my experience to many couples in Chicago land’s Western Suburbs.