This past weekend AlphaBuck and I took a looong ride into the hills of North West New Jersey to admire the brilliant color show known as Autumn in the Northeast.
I brought along the camera - AB's getting used to it - enjoy the highlights.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Quite possibly my most brilliant idea yet...
Another post-wedding milestone has been passed: the first engagement after your own wedding.
A colleague has become engaged. She, and her fiance, are over the moon with joy and excitement. She has the bride-to-be glow and to be truthful, I'm overjoyed for them.
This afternoon I asked how the hunt for the wedding location was going, and the bride-to-be's glowing face got a bit cloudy. I was surprised at how concerned I became. She has hit her first snag in planning, there were negative comments about choices she and her affianced were making; and I could see the hurt. And, I was hurt, too. Maybe a bit for her, maybe a bit more for me?
I gave her my opinion, prefaced with "... for what it's worth..." and cautioned her to not make any decisions a) under duress b) to please others. I flatly told her, while struggling to hold back my own hot, stinging, tears - there is nothing worse than regretting part of your wedding day.
I know there is nothing worse, because I have wedding day regrets.
But, I've hit on the perfect engagement gift. I can make a collage entitled: the many faces of my scowling matron of honor. That way brides-to-be everywhere can be reminded that no matter how bad their mother(s)-in-law behave, no matter how bitterly the bridesmaids dislike the color of their dresses, no matter how fast the budget escalates, it can always get worse.
They, too, could have a scowling matron of honor and the painful regret that accompanies her.
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