the lighter side

______________
-october 11th-

i am a married man.

with every intention of throwing a wedding that represented everything that we wanted and none of the required 'hallmark' traditions and 'industry' expenses- kristina and i went ahead and did it anyway. at some point during the night, looking around the room at all of my friends and family, dressed in their best clothes, drinking and dancing, i realized that it was what i must have really wanted in the first place.

i really could have guessed it from the beginning, now that i think about it. at first kristina didn't want to wear a wedding dress. that's when it hit, i think, for me. a wedding, without a wedding dress? it wasn't soon after that i was saying "a wedding, without a floral arch?". you think i'm kidding, but i'm not.

and, now that it is over, i am happy. i have the memories. i have the pictures (or will, when the rest are developed). this is why people have weddings like this. i know now. the traditions are there for a reason. the familiarity is there for a reason. your wedding is there before you even have it. the seeds for the memories are planted in your mind at an early age, and when it is your turn, you simply harvest all of those memories and make them your own.

for one night and one night only, kristina and i were the stars in the eyes of everyone we care about. we spun around the room without touching the ground, cut our cake with 130 people watching and slow danced to foreigner- were reunited with long lost friends, and became even closer to those that are near to us. it was a real wedding.

I've been waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waiting for a girl like you
A love that will survive
I've been waiting for someone new
To make me feel alive
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life
______________