Thanks for the Memories
The Wedding Video
No gift is received in a vacuum (and men, no vacuum is a gift). We get presents while spinning grown-up
plates: parent plates, work plates, household plates, spouse-got-laid-off
plates. Imagine you’re juggling that kind of crockery, wondering how long
before the job comes (or doesn’t); how long before the kids comply (or don’t);
how long before you and your spouse climb back aboard the ship-in-the-old
harbor… How long before you stop acting, well, um, bitchy.
You’re juggling while doing the breakfast, lunch and dinner
dance…the dance you didn’t used to do because at least one of you was out slaying
dragons each day and the other pretended she was Queen of the House when she wasn't at work while the kids were in school. In the
middle of the pas de deux (step of
two), you get the gift that reminds you why you’re here…
My sister, Heather, just sent me a picture montage of our July Spokane wedding. Heather drove more than four hours from a town in the Cascade
mountains outside Seattle to attend the event. Since she’s also a talented
photographer, I asked if she’d shoot the wedding.
I don’t yet have the
pictures, but now I have the montage, set to Pete and my song – “Easy,” by
Lionel Richie. Heather’s photos and the way she edited the slide show capture
the mood of the day – I watched the video with teary eyes, nodding my head to
say, ‘Yes, that’s how it was.’ The man I so freely expressed love for on our
wedding day(s) is the same guy who needs my affection more than ever.
Thanks, Sis. I needed that.
See the video here: Wedding Video
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