Jamie's wedding was yesterday. It was a fantastic day.
It was good to get to know some of her other friends from college and Chicago and to see some old faces from high school. The ceremony was simple and lovely and the music was mostly 80s rock - pure Jamie. She was an absolutely exquisite bride. I will try to get some pictures soon.
Besides celebrating Jamie's new beginnings, for me the wedding was also a reunion of sorts.
Alexei, who was, once upon a time, one of the people I was closest to in this world, was there. We hadn't seen each other in a couple years but we have the sort of relationship that we are able to pick up just where we left off and feel intensely connected the moment we get together. It's been like that since we first became friends in 1993. There have been ebbs and flows with respect to how often we see each other or talk, but the connection remains. This was the first time that Alexei met Johan and the first time I met Alexei's daughter Pelagia (Pel-a-GHEE-a).
As we waited for the salad course to be served at dinner, Alexei and I were in the area outside the dining hall watching Johan and Pelagia play. It was intensely emotional for both us to see our little ones together. I suppose something about the passage of time and generations. I felt at once old and intimately connected to my youth in a way I haven't in quite some time.
Jamie and her new husband are now on their way to sunny Lincoln, Nebraska for a honeymoon (their real honeymoon will be in Bali next year), and Johan has spent most of today feverish. A little too much weekend for him, I guess. Or maybe he's feeling emotional about his youth, too.
No strep or ear infections, and the doctor at Urgent Care told Johan to drink lots of fluids including water and popsicles. What part of that do you think he heard? Yep, he sucked down four (4) All Fruit popsicles today. Can you say milking it?
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