Thursday, April 7, 2011

Here's a Nice Story

A long-time family friend and churchmate of ours is getting married in May. It’s a really nice, romantic story. The bride (our friend) is a widow and has one grown son, while the groom is a widower and has one grown daughter. They first started their romance in high school, more than 30 years ago when they were still living on the southern island province of Samar. They were, in fact, each other’s first romantic partner, but then college happened and they drifted apart. They forged separate lives and completely lost touch until a little more than a year ago when everybody got on Facebook and looked up long lost friends. To make the story short, he found her and the rest is history. Practically everybody in our family is involved in the wedding. My dad is, of course, officiating it. Mark is singing. I’m emceeing. Chip is choreographing something. Marguerite is flower girl, etc. Wedding gifts would require more imagination this time since they’re actually fusing two complete households and will probably have double of the things newly married couples usually get. I think, maybe some kind of new-fangled kitchen gadget that they’re sure not to have yet, or perhaps something related to a hobby they enjoy together? Of course, there’s always the gift certificate…

7 comments:

carinamodella said...

a very nice love story! that's what you called destiny :)

Sharkbytes said...

What a nice story. Those are the best!

Vera said...

what a sweet sweet story! I agree, you'll have to be extra creative with the wedding gift. But that also means you have the liberty to give them something they'd really want or deserve versus something they need. goodluck with the shopping!

Anonymous said...

mark is singing? :)

-joi

spinninglovelydays said...

Glad you all like it. :)

@Joi: Yup. 2 songs. More, if Mark agrees, lol

Nikka said...

What a great story! Maybe a photo book? Something to help with organization? Tell us what you pick out!

spinninglovelydays said...

A photo book is a good idea. :)