Mera and Zack wanted a themed wedding and chose to do a 20's guest participation dress up. Everything turned out beautifully, but there were countless, and I mean, seriously, I can't count how many, bumps in the road on their wedding day. The wedding planner came late, and didn't start to set up until shortly before ceremony time, so family and guests started setting up when the bride and groom started to panic. RAIN was a concern. The sky was bright and sunny except for this one gigantic ominous black cloud that was just hanging around throughout the day...The wedding music hit a hiccup when the DJ told the couple that he couldn't play dinner music for them, so while the bride put finishing touches on her makeup, she burned a play list for her walk down the aisle and dinner. A guest tripped over one of the big, sweet, old dogs who was sunning himself in the middle of the ceremony seating. Bloody nose, but not broken! (Still awful!) Just as Mera started down the aisle, the big black cloud broke open and POURED down on us! HUGE raindrops! It was hysterical! Her officiant rattled through the vows lickety split! He was not about to let one word go unspoken! The rain poured down on what was supposed to be an outdoor wedding...and then almost as suddenly as it started, it was over!
Anyway, there were plenty of other flubs throughout the day, but all of them were handled, and the guests had a fabulous time! I told her when I talked to her a couple of days later I had two songs stuck in my head the day after her wedding: Knock On Wood (the thunder and lightning part) and Riding the Storm Out. Their wedding day was kind of like what marriage is like. Sometimes it's stormy, but you hold on, ride out the storm, and when it's bright and sunny again, you can reflect on how great it is to have gotten through that and you look forward to more crazy times!
