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On February 23, 2002, we were married in the living room of our dear friends Tom and Jackie Kowalski, with Judge Jean DiMotto presiding. Following a candle lighting ceremony, our sister-in-law Carrie Smith and our Guatemalan friend Sonia Xinico-Ciavarella read from Archbishop Oscar Romero's homily on marriage: "...No one marries just so the two of them can be happy; marriage has a great social function. It must be the torch that lights up the way to new liberations for other marriages around it. From the home must come the man or woman able to promote the changes needed in politics, in society, in the ways of justice: changes that will not come about as long as home life opposes them. But it will be so easy once boys and girls are trained in the heart of each family to aspire not to have more but to be more, not to grab everything but to give abundantly to others. They must be educated for love. Loving is what the family is all about, and loving means giving oneself, surrendering oneself to the well-being of all and working for the common happiness…" Archbishop Oscar Romero October 7, 1979 |
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La pareja feliz… the happy couple |
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Nuestra boda --- 23/2/2002 |
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With our ring bearer and flower girl. |
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To view a slide show of our wedding photos, click here. Para ver un "slide show" de las fotos de nuestra boda, |
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Gregg and his good friend (and Best Man) Dr. Tom Kowalski |
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Espe readies herself as Jackie Kowalski looks on |
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Espe gets her nails done the morning of our wedding, as our good friend Shannon Klecker watches |
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Part of our marriage ceremony included the sharing of bread and wine, symbolic of our Catholic Christian faith. |
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Sister-in-law Carrie Smith read the Romero homily in English; our Guatemalan friend Sonia Ximico-Ciavarella read it in Spanish |
