The few minutes we spent together on the dance floor were so filled with emotion that I choke up just thinking about them.
In any case, it was a beautiful wedding with a beautiful bride, and it was so exciting and emotional that it joined the four greatest times of my life the birth of my three kids and my own wedding.
oh what a lovely post... i teared up there... you sound so proud of your daughter, sounds like a truly perfect day... congratulations to them and all best wishes for their future together... lovely post... straight from the heart...ahhhhhhhh....
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Joe Nation
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Wed 26 May, 2010 10:27 am
Applause, applause, Finn, Applause, Applause.
Joe(where is the applause button?)Nation
I'm sure now, that just about any song I picked would have been perfect,
because, frankly, I don't remember even hearing the song.
Funny how stuff works out like that.
Did you manage to hold it together for the dance?
Surprisingly I did.
Oh, I choked up and my voice quavered when I told my daughter how beautiful she was and how much I loved her (and liked her new husband), but I didn't break down the way I expected to. I can tear up at the drop of a hat, and rarely make it through a toast with any sentimentality to it. When I spoke at the memorial services for my mother and father, I ended up sobbing.
As a result, I thought the wedding was sure to find me looking like a crying fool, and so I kept as stiff an upper lip as I'm cable of. Funny thing is I kind of wish I had let it go at least once (during the dance probably would have been preferable to when I walked her down the aisle.)
Still it was a memorable event and I continue riding something of an emotional high. I'm keeping it to myself for the most part as I don't want to bore my colleagues , so I'm grateful to be able to express it here, and thanks to all who have posted kind words.
Ok then. Some of us argue with heat, but we are a sort of family. I'll be back to yell at you some other time. (schniff)
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panzade
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Wed 26 May, 2010 07:23 pm
Beautifully written post Finn
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dancerdoll
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Thu 27 May, 2010 12:10 am
@George,
do you like country? my little girl by tim mcgraw its a very cute song
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George
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Mon 4 Oct, 2010 05:22 pm
The song we danced to was Bily Joel's "Lullaby". After weeks of my
waffling, that's what she suggested and I agreed.
The wedding was at Habitat, formerly an estate in Belmont, MA, now an
Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary.
My daughter and son-in-law granted me the honor of solemnizing their
wedding. In Massachusetts you can petition the Governor to be granted
the power to solemnize a wedding on one specific day at one specific
location. It was a deeply moving occasion for me.
*Verse 1*
Good night my angel time to close your eyes
And save these questions for another day
I think I know what you've been asking me
I think you know what I've been trying to say
I promised I would never leave you
And you should always know
Where ever you may go
No matter where you are
I never will be far away
*Verse 2*
Good night my angel now it's time to sleep
And still so many things I want to say
Remember all the songs you sang for me
When we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean
I'm rocking you to sleep
The water's dark and deep
Inside this ancient heart
You'll always be a part of me
(Musical Bridge)
Do do do do...
*Verse 3*
Goodnight my angel now it's time to dream
And dream how wonderful your life will be
Someday your child will cry and if you sing this lullaby
Then in your heart there will always be a part of me
Someday we'll all be gone
But lullabies go on and on
They never die that's how you and I will be
How wonderful to look at the different ethnicity and see the happiness
there.
Yeah, the ethnicity thing was kinda fun. The bride's mom's side of the
family is Chinese. Many of her friends from grad school are Asian. The
groom's family is Jewish. And there in the middle is my Boston Irish clan.
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George
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Mon 4 Oct, 2010 07:09 pm
@littlek,
littlek wrote:
Wonderful, George. What did Rhys read from Charlotte's Web?
“Charlotte,” said Wilbur after awhile, “why are you so quiet?” Do you
feel all right?”
“A little tired, perhaps. But I feel peaceful. Your future is assured. You
will live, secure and safe, Wilbur. Nothing can harm you now. These
autumn days will shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from
the trees and fall. Christmas will come, and the snows of winter. Winter
will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond.
The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm
wind will blow again. All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours
to enjoy, Wilbur—this lovely world, these precious days…”
“Why did you do all this for me?” he asked. “I don’t deserve it. I’ve never
done anything for you.”
“You have been my friend,” replied Charlotte. “That in itself is a
tremendous thing. I After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live
a little while, we die. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my
life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.”
There were a couple of times in the ceremony when I damn near lost it.
Rhys's reading was one of them
