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WARNING: MAY CAUSE DIABETIC COMA

kathy asked me this:

Tell me, mom, what types of emotions did you go thru watching your child take such a momentous step. I realize it is emotional, but can you pin point it a bit more?

i wept the entire ceremony, as did matt and mel. bill would have – and knew it – so he could not look at matt or mel (the couple times that he risked a looksee, he teared up); he looked everywhere else – at me, mark, jax.
my emotions: pretty simple. basically i was full of joy and pride.

it was impossible not to see how much in love matt and mel are. it was one of those weddings. so i was ecstatic for them. to see them each burst into tears at the sight of each other was beautiful. to share in their excitement and love at this moment was a gift.

i was proud to watch my baby as such a fine young man making this commitment. it’s an amazing thing to experience and appreciate.

i was so proud and in love with my entire family. most of all, bill, my husband. how lucky we are. of jackson. watching and enjoying his gift of music to matt and mel’s special day. seeing how much this meant to them. of mark. how lucky we all are to have him in our family. the love these guys share is incredibly moving. and to be able to share this moment with people who love us and have known and loved matt forever was indescribeable. my sisters and bill’s family. our dear friends and some good friends of matt, all of whom traveled at least 4 hours (some much longer distances) to be here with us.

we are not your typical “perfect” family. we’ve fought drug addiction, depression, and illness. we’ve added another son to our family (mark). we are outspoken, tattoed, long-haired, no-haired, gimpy, and pierced. but we are crazy in love with each other. this was one of the big moments of our lives. and we were there. in every way. i’m grateful and full of joy for the gift.

Posted by Stacey at August 11, 2003 02:10 PM