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Danny's no longer a boy. My nephew, seventeen years after he was ring bearer at our wedding, was married today.
Weddings are usually emotional for me, but especially so with Dan's because I feel I wasn't there when he was growing up. He's now a handsome young man with a bright future and a beautiful bride but I didn't know where he works or lives and didn't even know where he went to school. I last saw Dan and met his fiancee two years ago for my dad's funeral. Since bag pipers concluded both ceremonies, the funeral and Dan's wedding today, I was over-filled with emotion.
I heard a lot of great things said about my nephew by his many friends. Saw a lot of pictures of the two of them as they grew up, and even saw the wedding video which someone was nice enough to quickly edit in time for the reception.
The cakes and decorations were the most unusual I've ever seen at a wedding reception. Everything was black and white; the groomsmen wore black tuxes, the bridesmaids - black dresses with pastel ribbon waistbands. Chair covers, tablecloths, everything, black and white. Even the bride wore a white dress with black accents -- and the cake matched her dress! The groom had a cake too -- it looked just like The Nightmare Before Christmas.
No one I talked to could figure out the significance of all the black and white and spooky stuff but we were all curious. Did the couple meet on Halloween? Was The Nightmare Before Christmas their favorite movie? Finally found out she just likes the contrast of black and white. Turns out a lot of other people do too, because that's what all four in my family were wearing as well as many more we saw wearing similar.
I came away from the wedding and reception with a very good feeling. A lot of positive things were said about the goodness of love and marriage and everyone in the pews promised to support the couple in their lifelong commitment to each other.
