wedding season is officially upon us. i remember one year where i was either invited to/knew of 13 friends’ weddings… every weekend the announcement of a new couple becoming engaged to be married. nowadays the wedding invitations are fewer and further between, but i still have a handful of weddings to attend this summer.
today i attended two. for two different friends… one from Smith, one from old Inland days. perhaps the only similarity was that both grooms were in their late 30s. otherwise, vastly different in venue, setting, food, and atmosphere, but both full of jubilation nonetheless.
some say creativity happens best in the middle of the night. i wonder if this is the reason i am awake at 4:58 a.m., conscious that i will have to wake up again at 7 a.m. to get ready for church. i look outside into the dark dark night, and not a soul is stirring. all the lights of all the houses in my neighborhood are off, and i can’t even hear the traffic of one car roaring up grand avenue. i’m reminded of the time last summer i came home from visiting Kobe and i suffered through jet lag for awhile.
how again life has changed since last summer and the present! always as if i’m on a rollercoaster, hurtling from high places, roaring through dark tunnels…
