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D'ja hear? I got married!!
The ceremony was lovely and casual and fun, we just sort of winged it having had half a rehearsal and everything written down. We did a candle lighting ceremony, a ribbon fasting, a broom jump, and vows. There was also a reading from the Christian Bible. Everyone said it was a beautiful ceremony, which I guess is what people always say. I was glad to hear it though since I wrote it myself, with some help from a few online sources.
There were about say, 50 people there, all of whom seemed to have a good time. Good food, good music and a wonderful crowd made for a splendid evening for everyone concerned.
There was precious little dancing, which I thought was a drag at first. But there are pictures of what little dancing there was, so it will look like there was more. ;-] There was also a lot of smooching. The flowers that my maid of honor did were beautiful, as evidenced by my fly bouquet. There were also a lot of roses...and plenty of cake left over for people to take home. So that was awesome.
We had to have the ceremony inside because of rain, but it was still very nice.
There will be lots more piccies soon. But these should give you an idea of what it was all like.
H's mom left before the ceremony. She and I talked a bit about the candle ceremony, which I had asked her to participate in. She said it was fine and she was really happy to take part. She also explained that the reason she wanted to know was because she couldn't take part in a "pagan" ceremony. I explained that the candle ceremony was largely secular and represented the joining of two families. I thought everything was cool, we hugged and stuff.
AFter the makeshift rehearsal, I went home to get dressed. When I came back to Cobblestone Farm (where the ceremony was) I was told by H's sister and my MOH that H's mom had to leave. Apparently she read my ceremony and decided it was too pagan for her. I don't even think it was a snotty gesture, I think she really thought her god would damn her if she took part. I didn't talk to her, but I guess she was very upset.
Not only would I have changed the ceremony for her if she'd only told me, but I can't imagine that Jesus would have wanted her to be apart from her only son on his wedding day. I was really upset and confused, and we still haven't talked to her yet. I'm pretty angry that she would do that to H, so I'm nowhere near ready to talk about it.
Anywhoo, all the family is leaving today, and we leave for Chicago tomorrow.
Honeymoon!!! Yaaaaaaaaaay!!!
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