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Current mood:  jubilant Category: Friends
The day before my birthday, July 24, of this past week, I had the honor of attending a wedding. The wedding of a very, very dear friend of mine that I have known for about fifteen or sixteen years. Heidi. It wasn't her first wedding, but yeah, in a way, it really was. And I was literally honored to have been invited.
I have pictures of it up now on my MySpace, (not all--there are quite a few, plus a few vids) and just looking back at them make me smile.
The bride was simply breathtaking. I was so excited for her to walk down the aisle I felt the little goosebumps pop up at the beginning of the song, which wasn't "Here Comes the Bride". Dammit, I know the name of the song but right now it escapes me...but it was so perfect for her entrance. Once I get my stupid speakers to working, I will be able to name it. But anyway.
She had on a lovely, demure, soft but "sparkly" gown with filmy, shy sleevelets. Her hair was done (!!!!! IT WAS DONE! By a Professional! This alone is worth its own blog!) up in a very pretty updo, twisty thingy (Shut up, I never have had my hair up unless I was holding it up from sweating) with a sweet little tiara (and yeah, I usually hate tiaras, but believe me, this one fit the bill just right) and ... and...
...she was simply gorgeous. You could feel the happiness radiating from her. The whole chapel could. And if they couldn't, well, then, they weren't meant to be there anyway. You could FEEL her smile. Her heart. Her love for her groom.
And you could feel his as well. Even though, the night before, his father had passed away, this groom was radiant as the bride. I don't think I will ever type that sentence again. "The groom was as radiant as the bride." Well, that's twice...but it's true and it's for the same couple. It was a horrible time for him, and a wonderful time for him and I honestly don't know how either of them glowed the way they both did.
But they did. My heart still aches with the sweetness, the love, the tenderness, the sorrow, the perplexities, the heartache, the warmth that the couple John Lee and Heidi simply shone that night, July 24, 2009. Not only did I admire, but I envied and of course, misted up.
I also took videos, as much as I could, during the ceremony. They're not particularly good, but they did my heart good, and turns out, a couple of the pictures I took helped to have John Lee get to go back to England (his home) to see his family and hopefully attend his father's funeral. I was a guest, but I was a guest with a camera-mission! It helped!
I cannot describe the look on Heidi's face (even if you look at the pics) as she and John Lee said their vows. I have heard (hahaha..and SAID) those vows many, many times in my life but you know...I felt the meaning of them that night. I saw forever in their eyes and heard forever in their words. It is rare you get to hear and see "forever". I think I am lucky to have witnessed it this one time. I do not expect to see or hear it again.
This blog post really has no real meaning...except to say that I had the best time of my life seeing the best time of one of my best friend's life actually occur. I have seen her through bad times, even when I didn't really realize things were bad, and good times, when I didn't really realize things weren't that good, and I am going to see her become a wonderful wife, mother and a whole new person. She will still be the "old" Heidi, but I cannot wait to see her morph into the "new" Heidi...the one she was meant to be, born to be and is now.
So, gal pal, here is to you...and my new best "husband-friend". I wish you all the love, all the life and all the joy you were meant to have and have finally attained. I wish for you what you were denied, and I wish you what overwhelming joy you will have in the very near future. I wish for you everything you have not wished for, and may it land in your outstretched hands, eyes wide and hearts open.
Thank God you found each other every day. This love only happens once in a lifetime...in a fairytale. I know my Princess has found her Prince.
And they will both, forever, live happily ever after.
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