I was sure they’d told me it would just be the two of them, but when I opened the door, I met not just Paula’s mum, who’s going to give her away, but Jeni and Rune, who I married to the sound of thunder on the shores of Loch Lomond two years ago, and Charlie and David, who tied the knot here in Edinburgh last year, with their brand new baby boy, Julian. This is them, as they were almost a year ago to the day.

Moments like these that remind me that one of the joys of being a Humanist celebrant is becoming a part of other people’s lives, and I can’t wait to see them all again in a week’s time!