WE DID IT!

At about 5pm, on Dec 21st, we did it! Glen and I were married!!

Like all weddings, it was not without its drama. My sister, who was also my witness, was due to arrive at 6am the day prior to the wedding. But because Heathrow was closed due to severe weather and other complications too numerous to mention, her trip took four days!! She arrived at 2pm on the day of the wedding-- just in time to shower and change for the 5pm service!

Twenty-six hours prior to the wedding, we still were not sure my sister would arrive in time and if she did would her luggage-- which contained my wedding dress and shoes-- arrive with her. So at 3pm on the eve of the wedding, cousin Alida from Chicago and I, set out to find a new wedding dress (unaware that stores were closing at 6pm!). As you can see from the pic, we were successful! Shoes were purchased in a department store as the lights were flickering to mark closing time. Cousins Alida and Bob were life-savers, stepping to to do all that was necessary as I had stopped sleeping fretting about my sister's whereabouts!

Just as I stepped out the door to be transported to the wedding, the skies opened: lightning, thunder and a downpour. Fortunately, we had a arranged with the restaurant, Roots at Forum Homini, where we were being married, to move the ceremony inside if the weather turned inclement. It certainly made for a dramatic ceremony, but I hardly noticed. My pal, Heather Graham, had kindly reminded me to try to be in the moment and enjoy this life-changing ceremony-- so I simply stayed focused on my beloved.

The Rev, Chris Page, who could not have prepared a more perfect ceremony for us, mentioned that not only was it the Summer Solstice, but it was a full moon and a lunar eclipse-- a most auspicious day for a wedding!

It all turned out beautifully-- dinner, fire at the cabins where we spent two nights and a post-wedding breakfast with the gang. We are off to our honeymoon in Botswana on the 28th! WOO HOO!