Love with intention
THE HORUS AND DANA ALKEBU-LAN WEDDING
STORY BY HEATHER DOUGLAS
H
orus and Dana’s story began in yoga class on
Valentine’s Day – but it didn’t happen right away. “Horus
was there for the yoga,” joked Dana. “It took me a couple
of months to get on his radar.” It wasn’t long, however,
before Horus noticed Dana as well. One evening after yoga
class, Horus invited Dana on an art walk in Seattle.
After that night they continued dating for a few months, but
the romantic timing was off. Instead, they maintained a friendship
and focused on their separate lives and professional goals in Seattle:
Horus, working as a Computer Scientist at Adobe and Dana building a Healing Arts Practice.
While they were evolving even more as independent people, their feelings for each other had
evolved into something magical. After a stroll and a serious talk in Lincoln Park, the couple could
no longer deny that they were in love.
That walk in the park led them to dreams of a wedding in Cannon Beach – a place where the
couple would go once or twice a year for a personal retreat. “Cannon Beach is such a beautifully
powerful place with the ocean and Haystack Rock,” said Dana. At the heart of Alkebu-Lan
Wedding was a desire to create the same relaxing getaway for their guests that Horus and Dana
had experienced on their many trips to the beach.
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OUR COAST WEDDINGS 2019
PHOTOS BY JULIE ADAMS
On September 8th, 2018, the Alkebu-
Lans were married at the Surfsand Resort.
Wedding plans were laid out with intention,
like dining tables named for the qualities
found in a strong marriage: wisdom, love,
passion, hugs, play, dance, adventure,
devotion, laughter and thrive.
Horus and Dana chose roses because
they symbolize the growth and reflection
that became the foundation of Horus and
Dana’s evolving love over that year, as well
as the purity and blossoming within their
community of friends and family. Tea pots
played a unique role throughout; both Dana
and Horus’s mothers carried golden tea pots
down the aisle for a tea ceremony when the
couple said their vows and tea pots held the
floral centerpieces for the dining tables. >>
While they were
evolving even more as
independent people,
their feelings for each
other had evolved into
something magical.