Exactly two years ago, in December 2016, I tagged along with a group of girls from Ballina and Lennox Head, and headed out to The Brunswick Hotel to celebrate a friend’s birthday. Electrik Lemonade were playing and we hired the ever reliable Todd’s Transfers for the return trip. The sun was shining and the drinks were chilled – a perfect Sunday session.

During the afternoon I met some amazing women, and at one point I sat next to a girl called Kirsty, she had short blond rocker girl hair, and had a really nice aura about her. At the time I was craving a change, something different than the 9-5 boredom I was tolerating everyday. Kirsty told me she was a marriage celebrant and loved her job. I was a little taken aback – I’d never actually met a marriage celebrant socially before and especially one that looked as awesome as her. I had so many questions that ignited a passion within me I hadn’t felt for a really long time.

I told her how much I loved love, romance and absolutely adored learning about everybody’s love story. I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my days, being surrounded by love every day, what a wonderful job. She simply said “well, why don’t you?”. At that point a guy bumped into the back of my chair and my love-heart shaped sunnies fell from the top of my head and landed in place on my nose. She laughed and said “you really have to become a wedding celebrant”. I was gobsmacked, I’d never even thought about it, a job where you lived love all the time, go to weddings, kick off the party – what a perfect life!