My last four saree stories were about a wedding celebration. For this wedding three of us close family friends traveled to San Francisco- to be there for groom’s mom. 4 of us have raised our kids together, have been friends for quarter century. Seeing one of the kids getting married was an experience. We all cherished our time not only the wedding but with each other too. Seeing our friends celebrating their son’s wedding to a beautiful and smart girl was a real joy. My friend’s pride, joy and wishes were so apparent in her speech.
The wedding in the afternoon at Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park was an intimate affair, a beautiful sunny afternoon. Ajey, I and 2 other friends of ours decided to skip the cocktail hours and went back to hotel to change. California Academy of Sciences was the venue for the reception.
The reception plan and decor was classy and showed how bride and groom paid attention to every details. For those couple of hours we all were in euphoria in a way. Fabulous speeches from siblings and parents and then the couple was a reminder how wonderful life is when filled with love, gratitude and admiration for others.
One of post about wedding ceremony trigged a conversation about what a wedding really means. I heard from my friend too that she was so busy “doing” things that she couldn’t pause and enjoy. She didnt eat much, couldn’t see the decor or did fun stuff. She was busy being the grooms mom and was making sure everything went well. She wanted all of their guest to be well taken care for but in that she missed lot of happy moments.
Do you think we spend too much energy and time in that? We as host forget to pause and enjoy? Do we worry about things more than we should? We all have those stories of unhappy in laws or guests who are never happy and complain about everything.
Do you remember those incidents from your wedding?
Ajey and I for sure had great time, we ate, drank, danced, met people and simply enjoyed being there for bride and groom. Our body wasn’t happy but our heart and soul sure were. But that’s what life should be - right? party hard when you can :)
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