- I went out and recruited a professional music group (they had performed at Carnegie Hall) to play at the wedding, and they got lost on the way showing up only minutes before the wedding was supposed to start.
- No one actually told the ladies in the bridal party that the wedding was starting, so while the men and I are standing at the front of the church with the music playing the ladies were nowhere to be seen. Finally after several painful minutes, they finally wandered to the sanctuary and made their entrance. (This is where it really paid to have professional musicians.)
- Some friends of mine came to the wedding to find themselves surprised to see friends of theirs who also happened to be friends of my wife's. (If that's confusing to you, imagine how it was for them.)
- The minister was a good friend of mine who on any given day could have subbed for Yanni. He showed up with his long black hair in a pony-tail. One of my aunts came up to me and asked, "Who the **** is that?" The look on her face was priceless when I told her it was the minister!
- We ordered twice as much food as could possibly be eaten by the number of people we invited. I believe the rest ended up being donated to a local mission, but I don't recall finding out for sure.
- The drive to our honeymoon suite was eventful because my car was somehow completely filled with balloons. Since the AC in the car didn't work well, we just rolled down the windows and let the balloons fly out on their own. We received several friendly honks and waves on the trip.
These are just some of the interesting things that happened that day. But the greatest thing that happened was that I got to pledge my love to my best friend. (I invite you to go back and read my blog from June 26 of this year to hear how the wedding itself actually came to be.) We knew at that time that this was the right decision for us, because we had spent the previous four years becoming best friends. In the past 13 years we have had some wonderful times and some trying times. We've laughed together and fought together. But the foundation for our marriage was supremely built on our friendship and our faith that God had brought us together in the right time. It's because of that foundation that we both know that (barring death) we will face the years to come together. We know that our current Venture will undoubtedly lead us on some rougher roads, but we have confidence in each other that regardless of what may be down life's road, that we will handle it together, because that is what best friends do.
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