The bride and groom took hands, right-to-right and left-to-left, a gesture that from above forms the infinity symbol.Īt the altar Michael expressed his undying love and appreciation for his rock, Cherina, and thanked her for a wonderful 14 years of marriage. The 'prayer of hands' - a ritual that honours the ancient tradition of hand-fasting - followed. Pastor Andre John officiated the nuptials, which commenced with the recital of a 'memory poem' by three of the Shaws' four children. Albeit this time on a cliff, overlooking the ocean, with the wind in their hair, and their closest friends and family as their witnesses.ĭespite having already been married, Cherina could hardly hide her jitters as she walked up the aisle towards her husband, with an instrumental of Christina Perri's A Thousand Years by The Piano Guys playing in the background and her father Anthony Hill by her side. Their desire to experience the authentic, off-the-beaten-path Jamaica led them to the idyllic, 18-acre private white sand beach cove Strawberry Fields Together in Robin's Bay, St Mary, and on February 14, 2014, history repeated itself for the Shaws. There's just something about the scenery, the culture, the people, the food, that makes the whole island so appealing," said Cherina. We considered all of our options carefully, and we always kept coming back to Jamaica.
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"We knew we wanted to get married in the Caribbean.
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Our rings were probably a step above Cracker Jack rings," Michael recalled.Īfter 14 years and four wonderful children, Mr and Mrs Michael Shaw - now a telecommunications supervisor and teacher respectively - decided it was time to not only reaffirm their commitment as husband and wife, but to have the wedding ceremony they had always dreamed of. I thought maybe we weren't ready for that step, but once she makes up her mind there's no stopping her, and after about a month of thinking it over I decided to give it a shot. "She proposed to me, actually, and I said 'No' the first time. When Michael's phone rang two weeks later, he was surprised to find Cherina on the other end. A conversation between Hill and Shaw's best friend led to an exchange of contact numbers. The two would often run into each other on campus, but neither approached the other until one fateful campus party. I guess I figured she must have needed her sleep more than I needed my hand," Michael told Vows. I know, I could've just moved my hand, and people always ask me why I didn't. And throughout the whole class period I just let her sleep. Then, about two days later, during class, I don't know if maybe she had partied a little too hard the night before, but somehow she fell asleep on my hand. I noticed her sitting right in front of me, but I never spoke to her.