Today I enter the world of blogging.....
It has been a busy year, both as a wedding minister and as a mom. I have two daughters and both of them decided to get married this year. Not just this year, but within 6 weeks of each other. It was a challenge but we had a great time and I cried like a baby when it was all over.
Mary Ann & Mitch were married at Woodrun in Albemarle on April 4th (a very busy wedding day, I had at least 20 requests for that day!) She was so worried about the weather. Once she could get the 10 day forecast she was checking every source available until she could find the one with the best forecast. I told her there were a lot of couples praying for good weather! As it turned out the weather was perfect and so was their wedding! In the beginning she told me that she didn't want me to officiate her ceremony. She was afraid that I would be too emotional and she wanted me to be the 'mom'. I was a little surprised when she told me that she wanted me to marry her. It was such an honor to be part of something so special. (and I didn't cry, not that she could see me anyway...)
We had a little break before Susan and Rodney were married on May 16th at Sertoma in Westfield. This is a 4H educational center and Rodney spent several years working as a counselor. He and Susan will both be working there this summer...The wedding party spent the entire weekend at Sertoma and everyone had a great time hanging out. I can't say relaxing though... It was a lot of work. I was staying on the third floor and by the last day I didn't have enough energy to bring my luggage down!
Their weddings were entirely different. More on that later........
