We got to the church around 2,,, first ones there, and started setting up. Of course there was a near crisis with the stereo, and getting the cd to play on something other than the computer it was burned on last night. (no-one checked until that moment… and then panic). I’m told most weddings start off this way.
It may be because I have just come from Indonesia- where anything below 80 is cold, but i’ve never seen guys sweat so much on a crisp 70 degree day, fresh after a morning rain. Bryan, the soon-to-be-groom, was forming puddles on his forehead. (= ha ha. Poor guy.
Closer to 3, guests were filling the church, the preacher was there- the groomsmen were looking around, wondering what comes next… Papa was asking- are the girls even here yet? It really started to feet like the set of a comedy, chick-flick wedding movie. (= and then there she was.
I got one of the first glimpses of my sister in her wedding dress, and she really knocked my hair back (figuratively speaking). (= she was beautiful. A long, flowing white dress with a big smile.
Without too much fiddling around- we got the show on the road,,, and I escorted Bryan’s sister down the aisle, as groomsman #3.
I don’t consider myself a big wedding fan. All that stress, and time, and effort to get everything juuuuuuust right for one day,, well it taxes people beyond what any one day is worth, in my book. I’d rather elope, and use ¼ of the money to take my bride on a cruise around the world for a month (which I could have done on this budget). I think that would be a lot more fun.
All things considered though- I have to say the whole wedding & reception went very smoothly & was a joy for me because it was my sister. My one & only sister… for whom being there was worth every minute of the 74 hour round-trip flight from Yogyakarta to Boston. Coming was never a question,,, but still, I am really glad I was there.
Besides the wedding, the next highlight of the night was papa & Talia’s first dance to Edleweiss. I’m not saying I got misty or anything there, but the laughing & cheering that followed from Uncle T jitter-bugging & swinging Natalia around the floor to James Brown (Good Times) was a great encore. (= that was the night in a nutshell!
It may be because I have just come from Indonesia- where anything below 80 is cold, but i’ve never seen guys sweat so much on a crisp 70 degree day, fresh after a morning rain. Bryan, the soon-to-be-groom, was forming puddles on his forehead. (= ha ha. Poor guy.
Closer to 3, guests were filling the church, the preacher was there- the groomsmen were looking around, wondering what comes next… Papa was asking- are the girls even here yet? It really started to feet like the set of a comedy, chick-flick wedding movie. (= and then there she was.
I got one of the first glimpses of my sister in her wedding dress, and she really knocked my hair back (figuratively speaking). (= she was beautiful. A long, flowing white dress with a big smile.
Without too much fiddling around- we got the show on the road,,, and I escorted Bryan’s sister down the aisle, as groomsman #3.
I don’t consider myself a big wedding fan. All that stress, and time, and effort to get everything juuuuuuust right for one day,, well it taxes people beyond what any one day is worth, in my book. I’d rather elope, and use ¼ of the money to take my bride on a cruise around the world for a month (which I could have done on this budget). I think that would be a lot more fun.
All things considered though- I have to say the whole wedding & reception went very smoothly & was a joy for me because it was my sister. My one & only sister… for whom being there was worth every minute of the 74 hour round-trip flight from Yogyakarta to Boston. Coming was never a question,,, but still, I am really glad I was there.
Besides the wedding, the next highlight of the night was papa & Talia’s first dance to Edleweiss. I’m not saying I got misty or anything there, but the laughing & cheering that followed from Uncle T jitter-bugging & swinging Natalia around the floor to James Brown (Good Times) was a great encore. (= that was the night in a nutshell!
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