The minister came to the reception, and fit right in with our hooligan families and friends. And we played volleyball in the pasture – the groom’s team won, but it was a close game. The reception was held in my parents’ backyard – with the sound of laughter, and the smell of daffodils and plum blossoms, filling the air. We weren’t too concerned with “perfection” – we just wanted our guests to feel comfortable and loved. The wedding itself was simple, joyful, and natural.
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The wedding was a joyful, light-hearted affair in a small Methodist church in Gig Harbor – I remember the minister asking us if we really wanted to hold the service in his church – it was very small – could maybe hold 100 people – and very old (it’s since been torn down and a larger church built in a different location) – but, for our purposes, that little church was perfect – I liked the cozy smallness of it and the stained glass windows – and from the church’s steps we could look out across the water and see Mount Rainier rising above the hills in the distance. Our minister was a hoot – we’d met with him for a required counseling session, and when he told us that anything he had to say to us would be pretty much useless at this point – because it’s really only AFTER the wedding that the bride and groom realize what they’ve gotten themselves into (we later learned that he’d just recently been divorced), we immediately recognized the man had a sense of humor, and he was, for sure, the minister we wanted officiating our nuptials. My wedding dress was the first dress I tried on from the sales rack at our local Bon Marche. My engagement ring was a little garnet ring I picked out from a small jewelry shop in Pike Place Market in Seattle, and the man who sold it to us was cheerfully, flamboyantly, hilariously gay – he had us cracking up the minute we walked into his shop. You know those shows you see on television where the bride spends HUGE amounts of time, thought, and bucks choosing just the right ring, dress, caterer, flowers, music, photographer, and reception venue for her “big day” – those shows where every minute detail of the wedding production is analyzed, critiqued, and judged for its merits on visual perfection? Where the ceremony is somber and refined and the highlight of the whole shebang is the dress the bride wears? Every year about this time I find myself thinking back to that happy day and the days leading up to it. This week my husband and I will celebrate our 31 st anniversary. I believe that every citizen – regardless of race, ethnicity, social and economic status, religion, non-religion, gender, or sexual orientation – should have the exact same rights as every other citizen – including the right for consenting adults to marry whom they love. – from the chapter titled “Marriage” in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy It is unselfish therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it. Happiness is spiritual,born of Truth and Love.
Scott and Karen on their wedding day, Ma(photo by Bob Harbison)
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