Remember O Most Gracious Virgin Mary

No, no…nothing racial, let me assure you.  Here’s the story:

 

I spent all day yesterday doing *wedding* things… 

Firstly, Kate and I went with Jess (we’re her bridesmaids) to do the first fitting for her wedding next summer.  David’s Bridal things blah blah blah..
Jess and her mom were saying how awful a black wedding would be…we were talking about the wedding party’s color.  Jess’s colors are going to be *piiiinks* and yellows.  Nice. summery. 
But I had never known a bride to choose Black for the color of the brides maids dresses…I wondered to myself how it would look.  I couldn’t really decide if black dresses would look more like a funeral ceremony rather than a wedding, or if it would look classy and elegant.  Well, I found out MUCH sooner than I would ever have anticipated…

Coincidentally, Katie and I were to attend a wedding later that day for a friend of the family.  Dom’s older brother, Andy.
FIRST OFF: let me say this….IF I ever find my best friend, my partner in crime, my one, I most certainly know where the ceremony’s goin down.  Saint Peter In Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati.  GORGEOUS.  It is HUGE, but so magnificent.  And SECOND: It’s going to be a full blown Catholic wedding. 
Andy and Kristen’s wedding was a Catholic one.  I’ve been to the ‘other’ kind of weddings (two just this summer…maybe another one this next week….)  and I’m sorry, but they SUCK.  I mean, you stand up there for 15 minutes max and say your stuff to one another and people clap for you.  COMEON!  Who wants that?  I want to receive The Eucharist for the first time together with my one.  I want to have a Mass for us with all my family and friends.  Plus, if I’m spending all that money on a beautiful dress, I am going to stand up there for more than 10 minutes.  THE END.
And THIRDLY:  Andy and Kristen chose Black trimmed with a very light pink for the wedding party’s dresses and Tuxes.  IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.  This was the most beautiful wedding I’ve ever been to.  The Black looked so elegant and classy.  I felt no ‘funeral’ vibe whatsoever.  The flowers were so pretty…and of course, Kristen was stunning!
Most of all…If i ever am so fortunate as to have a wedding, my only wish is for it to be full of happiness.  le sigh.

 

Moral of the story, Black can work.