It's been quite a weddingy month! My youngest sister, Sarah, lives in Canada, and when she got engaged shortly after ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
obandsoller and I set a date, they asked if we'd mind them getting married the week before us, so that they could combine them into a single trip to the UK. Unsurprisingly, we didn't mind at all, and so a plan was hatched.
I was already in Yorkshire for work, and Ramesh came up on the Thursday night, and we went over to my parents' for a nice quiet family meal. It was really good to spend time together in that small group - I don't see very much of Sarah, but she is great, and Rob seems very much like a goodun. After dinner she, Rob, my other sister Anne, & I went to the Bridge and met a bunch of their friends from Canada or Australia, which was cool - although it was slightly disconcerting meeting so many people and hearing "I've heard so much about you".
The wedding itself was lovely. They'd done the legal bit in Canada a couple of weeks earlier, so the service was entirely personal. Sarah had asked a friend, who is a professional writer, to officiate, and that meant that the preamble bits telling their story was witty and heartwarming. The vows themselves were deep and personal, and made it clear that this was a couple who understood one another and were on the same page about what they wanted from a relationship and a marriage. I particularly liked it when Sarah said "You know I don't believe in soulmates, but I do believe in choices, and I choose you to be my person".
obandsoller and I set a date, they asked if we'd mind them getting married the week before us, so that they could combine them into a single trip to the UK. Unsurprisingly, we didn't mind at all, and so a plan was hatched.I was already in Yorkshire for work, and Ramesh came up on the Thursday night, and we went over to my parents' for a nice quiet family meal. It was really good to spend time together in that small group - I don't see very much of Sarah, but she is great, and Rob seems very much like a goodun. After dinner she, Rob, my other sister Anne, & I went to the Bridge and met a bunch of their friends from Canada or Australia, which was cool - although it was slightly disconcerting meeting so many people and hearing "I've heard so much about you".
The wedding itself was lovely. They'd done the legal bit in Canada a couple of weeks earlier, so the service was entirely personal. Sarah had asked a friend, who is a professional writer, to officiate, and that meant that the preamble bits telling their story was witty and heartwarming. The vows themselves were deep and personal, and made it clear that this was a couple who understood one another and were on the same page about what they wanted from a relationship and a marriage. I particularly liked it when Sarah said "You know I don't believe in soulmates, but I do believe in choices, and I choose you to be my person".
