Wedded bliss

Friday was a hustle and bustle day for everyone with great results and a wonderful outcome. I rose to my Mom asking me to come see her new present in the driveway, a sparkling new Jaguar. My jaw hit the ground; it was from Pops he wanted her to be able to ride up to Atlanta in comfort. Fine with me! We loaded Lori and her and all their belongings in the trunk and off we drove.
We made it in record time, to sit and chat with Luke and the family, meet Michelle’s grandmother and have a big lunch. I was sort of worried because Jacks hadn’t made it and he was all excited to have that big lunch with us as well. I found out why, after he called to let us know he’s on his way on two donut front tires.
I guess along the way he hit a board that wiped out his front tires on his truck, luckily he had a spare and a can of Fix A Flat to let him limp in to purchase the temporary tires. He made in nearly an hour before the wedding, raced to shower off all the sweat and grease on him and change for the wedding.
The wedding was spectacular; Lori and Julie pranced down the aisle after a little coaxing for Julie. Its funny to see how backwards she is now, when she was smaller there was no telling what may come out of her mouth. Now she is silent but still adorable standing around with her cute cherub smiles.
Trace beamed with pride when Michelle came up the aisle, I heard him gasp when she appeared. Her long dress was floating behind her and older brother walking beside. Jacks and I stood beside Trace to watch our friend so very happy.
With shaky voice, Michelle gave the vows as did Trace, then he turned to sing a song to her. She wept a few tears and trembled as he showed his love for his wife and new life to be. You could hear sniffles as the bridesmaids tuned up with tears as well and the groomsmen snickering.
After the wedding was the dinner, the guys sat on one side of the table and of course the bridesmaids sat on the other, except for Lori who insisted on sitting beside Jacks. She couldn’t keep her eyes off him the whole night, introducing him as her big brother to everyone. He loved it.
After the dinner Luke, Jacks and I and the other groomsmen did the traditional of mangling the car, with soap and paper streamers and foam and empty cans. I think that part of the wedding is the most fun, it’s like everything else is down hill from there. No more making sure to stand in the correct spot, eating with the right fork, or stepping on someone’s toes
Trace was so proud and happy and wouldn’t let her go; they had to pry him away so they could get ready to leave. When it was time, we flung birdseed at them as they left to jump in the nicely decorated car.
Later I caught my Mom with tears in her eyes, talking to Traces mom. During my Moms weakest moments of her sickness, Barbara would walk over and visit, they would talk about the future, watching their children walk the aisle and having babies. How happy they would be to witness it, I know in the back of my Moms mind she felt she wouldn’t be seeing any of that, of course she did and will see the others down the line as they do the same.
The weekend is over, Jacks has gone back to his home to be with his girlfriend, Luke and his group is home, Trace and Michelle are off to their honeymoon. We drove home slowly chattering about the wedding and the few days spent there. I came to ready for the upcoming hurricane Hanna…..