Weddings in Space | A Dream for the Future

As owner of Simple Kona Beach Weddings, I currently have the joy of creating intimate, meaningful beach weddings on the Big Island of Hawaii. Most days, my work takes place beside the ocean, with bare feet in the sand, the sound of waves nearby, and couples promising forever beneath the open sky.

But one of my biggest dreams reaches far beyond the beach. In fact, it goes beyond the earth itself.

Someday, in the hopefully not-so-distant future, I would love to officiate a wedding in space.

The idea of doing weddings in space came back to me after a recent dream. In the dream, I was asked to go into space — and I said yes! It was such a thrilling experience. When I woke up, not only was I buzzing from excitement, but something old and familiar had been reawakened in me. I remembered how much I had once wanted to go to space as a child, and I even won an award for a short story I wrote about going into space!

Despite my yearning to visit the stars, it wasn't something I ever really spoke about, or even pursued when I was younger. Perhaps because I wasn't ready for it then.

Some dreams fade as we grow older. Others wait quietly inside us until the right moment.

The right moment is now.

As I began thinking about what it might actually take to go to space, I realized something that seemed extraordinary: space travel is no longer only for career astronauts. With the rise of commercial space tourism, the idea of civilians traveling beyond Earth on a more regular basis is becoming increasingly real.

And if people are going to space, then someone is going to get married there. Not just one person up in space and everyone else on earth. I mean the whole ceremony, with the couple, the officiant, and anyone else they choose to have, in space.

I would love to be the person who officiates that wedding.

For me, weddings are not just events. They are moments of meaning. They are ceremonies that say, "This matters. This love matters. This choice matters. This moment in time matters."

And what could be more awe-inspiring than two people making that promise while looking back at Earth?

My work has always been about creating ceremonies that feel personal, heartfelt, grounded, and filled with a sense of wonder. Today, that usually happens on the shores of Hawaii. Someday, I envision it happening while floating above the planet. With commercial space travel beginning to take off, this may happen sooner rather than later.

I do not know exactly how or when this dream will unfold. I only know that sometimes the first step is saying the dream out loud.

So this is me, saying it out loud.

If you are part of a space tourism company, production team, documentary project, podcast, media outlet, creative collaboration, or simply someone dreaming of a wedding in space, I would love to connect.

I have spent years helping couples celebrate love in one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Someday, perhaps even in the near future, I would be honored to help celebrate love beyond it.

For more than a decade, I have helped nearly a thousand couples celebrate love on the Big Island of Hawaii, creating intimate beach weddings and vow renewals that feel personal, meaningful, and filled with aloha.

As both a wedding officiant and planner, I know how to hold space for a ceremony, guide a couple through an emotional moment, and help people feel calm, cared for, and present. My work often happens outdoors, in real-life conditions, where flexibility, warmth, and trust matter just as much as the words being spoken.

I also bring a unique background in communication, theatre, counseling psychology, expressive arts therapy, coaching, and storytelling — all of which shape the way I create and lead ceremonies.

A wedding in space would be more than a beautiful photo opportunity. It would be a profound human moment in an extraordinary setting.

And when that moment comes, I would be honored to help make it meaningful.