Wedding Musings

     It could be argued that a lifetime of groundwork is laid in the young woman's life for this occasion. Initially, Barbie dolls and stuffed animals play willing participants as wedding plans and ideas evolved, giving way to mock dress up rehearsals complete with skewed make-up attempts and Mom's costume jewelry. Photographs of brides, clipped from their magazine pages adorn the childhood bedroom walls and floors as she transitions into the woman she will become. Hope and heartache invariably pave the broken road of life's experience. Then, when least expected, a chance encounter, an attraction, a romance, a blossoming love, and eventually a single question force serious nuptial preparations to emerge. A date is set; a venue reserved. Dresses arbitrarily picked through until the perfect one is discovered. The bride-to-be becomes frantic and visibly frustrated the closer the date draws, yet things continue to fall into place. Minor setbacks occur and small speed bumps surface, but are circumvented with relative ease and perfection is achieved. The joyous occasion of a milestone achieved and the joining of two lives draws near. The day approaches and the moment is surreal. A lifetime of anticipation culminates in the musical note from the pipe organ echoing off the cathedral walls as the doors swing open...Here comes the future, here comes innocence, here comes happiness, here comes the bride.

Congratulations Oliver & Mona!