This year we have been so happy to be part of a number of friend's weddings. I think we have been to five weddings since January--each one lovely and special--each with a different style and feel. And each one celebrating the marriage of people we like so much. That is what makes a wedding really fun to attend.
And the dancing of course.
Saturday we were at the Pruyn House for Dan and Libby's wedding and the dancing --and the wedding--was wonderful. It was also a treat to be at the same place that we were married. It's a beautiful historic site in Latham, New York--with a historic house, antique barns, old schoolhouse and stunning gardens. We arrived before the wedding on Saturday so we could have a moment in the old school house where we were married.
Then we watched Dan and Libby be married and we loved watching their families--amazingly blended and reconfigured families that totally inspire belief in second and third acts--and then we danced.
I hope we are invited to lots more weddings just so I can keep dancing with John.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Tis the Season
Wedding season that is.
For the longest time our wedding was the last one we went to and then suddenly a big shift. We have been to three weddings since January and there are three more before July. Most are first time marriages and some are for the second time. But even the first timer's have to manage step-families and double and triple sets of parents and grandparents. That means that a lot of people have to "wear beige and shut up."
We have seen some extraordinary examples of well-blended families. One wedding--a second time--included the former spouses of the bride and groom and their spouses and everybody's kids. And everyone was genuinely happy. How does that happen? A lot of therapy? A lot of medication? And/or a lot of prayer and grace I think.
We are on our way to another wedding today. We hope this rain blesses them. No matter the weather I feel cheered by their belief in marriage and their willingness to celebrate with family and friends. And the bonus is that John and I get to dance together again.
For the longest time our wedding was the last one we went to and then suddenly a big shift. We have been to three weddings since January and there are three more before July. Most are first time marriages and some are for the second time. But even the first timer's have to manage step-families and double and triple sets of parents and grandparents. That means that a lot of people have to "wear beige and shut up."
We have seen some extraordinary examples of well-blended families. One wedding--a second time--included the former spouses of the bride and groom and their spouses and everybody's kids. And everyone was genuinely happy. How does that happen? A lot of therapy? A lot of medication? And/or a lot of prayer and grace I think.
We are on our way to another wedding today. We hope this rain blesses them. No matter the weather I feel cheered by their belief in marriage and their willingness to celebrate with family and friends. And the bonus is that John and I get to dance together again.
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