June 08, 2004

30 Years Ago in History 2

The wedding -- it was in the morning ... outside ... overlooking Lake Erie ... acoustic guitar playing ... circle of flowers ... champagne breakfast ... long hair ... love ... happiness ... sounds like we were hippies.

You thought maybe I was kidding. The minister -- never did catch his name. Couldn't really understand him -- He seemed to be speaking English, but his accent ... By the cadence, this was the "With this ring, I thee wed" part:

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And then we got to the part of the ceremony when he stopped talking and looked at us like we were supposed to do something ... I mean the ring part we kind of ad-libbed because we didn't understand what he wanted us to do ... so, we figured at this point that we were husband and wife.

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We didn't have a photographer. We have pictures from different people who had different perspectives.

And so it goes. Every day hasn't been easy, in life or in love ...

"It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all." -- Emmet Fox (some dead guy claiming to know everything)

That's true.

Posted by Bill at June 8, 2004 10:14 AM
Comments

Very cool. I love the officiants(sp) jacket.

Posted by: Jeff A at June 8, 2004 10:25 AM

Ahhh, the seventies. I, too, had an outdoor wedding. In the Botanic Gardens with acoustic guitar, roses, etc. I smile at our youth, and our innocence. I was not quite 19.

Thanks for sharing, Bill and Stacey.

Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at June 8, 2004 10:51 AM

You have...hair. I also had an outdoor wedding--it's better for everyone when a Buddhist is marrying a Jew. Your pictures are beautiful. I love the candid shots more than the posed pictures. Looks like it was a gorgeous day.

Posted by: pink lotus at June 8, 2004 12:56 PM

30 years!!! Wow, that is beautiful and impressive. Congratulations.

Posted by: Michelle at June 8, 2004 02:40 PM

gah! give a girl some warning when you are about to get all sappy n shiznit...sheesh!

Posted by: Kathy Howe at June 8, 2004 10:45 PM

Aaaahhhh, so romantic

Posted by: Anji at June 9, 2004 12:36 PM

Wow. Fabulous. I was born a few years too late to qualify for hippie status, but I'm a hippie at heart. Really I am.

Posted by: Keri at June 9, 2004 09:46 PM

jeff: obviously, he didn't get the memo what *i* was wearing. too funny.

pink: oh yeah, he had hair. but not for long. i wasn't my fault, i swear!

i think EVERYBODY looked like hippies back then. fun.

Posted by: stacey at June 10, 2004 12:52 PM