Home again! We've been in Hampshire for the wedding of our beautiful eldest god-daughter, and how lovely to see two people thriving on each other's love and determined to stand together, whatever the world throws at them. God bless you, my darlings.
Now, weddings are a big thing in this house. LOS and Lady Sunshine have been married for nearly three years now, LYS and The Lassie are being launched very soon, and then there's a summer wedding for Daughter and Her Chap. We now know a lot about weddings and are learning more all the time, so, just in case you need to know -
If you are a mum, aunt, or godmother of bride or groom, carry safety pins, spare tights, tissues, blister plasters and something for a headache. It's amazing what you can get into a smallish handbag.
Don't panic. Other people will be doing that. Your job is to be unflappable.
And something I just learned - bubbles. The bride is very fond of bubbles, so instead of throwing confetti, which can make a mess, we were all given little pots of bubbles to blow over the couple as they left church. (Don't do it if she's wearing satin, it might leave marks on her dress. But otherwise, bubble all you like).
Where I come from, the world 'bubble' also means 'to cry'. Some people did a bit of that, too, that's why you have to take tissues. But the bride was, of course, radiant and only bubbling over with happiness.
2 comments:
This is simply lovely! I remember attending a wedding by the sea, once. During the ceremony and reading of 1Corinthians 13, a Greek ship named the Alpha Melody passed by. That sounded musical enough to be fitting for the occasion, so we appreciated its docking!
And on new words:
bagel: one of three types of birds--
a. one remaining near the ocean
b. a reddish brown colored bird
c. a loud, doggish sounding bird
Though, I guess those definitions might have something to do with how we say "bagel" in America...it the "gel" sounds like "gull"!
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