Wedding

A dear friend was married this weekend. It is her second marriage. She has been single for many years. It is a big leap to give up that Independence. For the last few months she has been working on getting her new home ready to move in. Her life has been as chaotic as mine is now. This weekend was her wedding.





I had the family dress up in suits. Trevor is now wearing Tom's spare suit. He has outgrown the one from last summer. he cleaned up quite nicely. He liked to dress up and show off his good looks. Riley complained about wearing a monkey suit. Tom scrunched up his face when I said suit instead of sweater. I knew the crowd though, and they would all be in suits except for small children. It was a good call. There were no adults wearing sweaters.





You could tell the wedding couple were well loved, the hall where the wedding was performed was packed. We ended up sitting in the back, in the quiet room. It's the glassed room with a view, made for families with children that are acting up. So the parents can still see and hear but the children don't disturb everyone. Since Trevor was coughing, it turned out to be a good choice for us.





The bride looked beautiful. I had gone shopping with her a couple of months earlier and had been with her when she bought the dress. She was all in silver, and looked very elegant. You could tell that the groom was nervous, but he was poised and looked very handsome with his own new suit. It was just the two of them up front, sitting in two chairs on the podium. The man who wed them was an old friend of the groom. The service was thoughtful and personal. Tom loved it.



The fact Tom loved it was important in that we are not members of the congregation. It was a special honor to be invited to the wedding while not being baptized in the religion. Tom received a greater understanding of my friends, having seen the service and heard the sermon. Not that Tom is manipulable, but he will be less resistant to the boys and my studies, less stressed over the message they are preaching. he claims to be a Cathoic agnostic.

The reception was lovely. The food was devine with chicken pad Thia and dim sum. There were also trees of chocolate dipped strawberries, and a champaigne fountain. I was impressed especially since the week before they had to cancel the rehearsal dinner and practice for a family emergency out of state for the groom.

Tom did not stay for much of the reception. He didn't know anyone. I let him slip away while the boys dove into the food line. We did not stay for the cake cutting as time right now is of a premium. The suits were hung back in the closets to keep them from wrinkling.

We went back to work on getting the house ready. I put together a truck load of furniture on the front porch for a donation to a fund raising garage sale. They were all big items I would never be able to fit in my car. A girlfriend arrainged for her husband to come with a pick up and take the load away. I still need to tackle the bed rooms.