I love weddings. I’m a romantic and have been known to ruin my make-up weeping buckets when the bride walks up the aisle and again when the newly marrieds kiss. Funnily enough, I didn’t shed a tear at my own wedding 33 years ago.
Last week, however, I spent much of the day feeling emotional at the wedding in Kinsale of our dear friends Marie and Hugh. It was a special day as both had endured tough times and personal tragedy and here they were pledging their love to one another ten years after they met at bereavement counselling.
Their story shows how love helps alleviate grief and heartbreak and gives hope to all those who are lonely, broken-hearted, or bereaved.
The civil ceremony was like everything else on the day, perfectly planned, and attention to detail was paramount. Every word, every piece of music was pertinent. Maya Angelou’s “Touched by an Angel” summed up their journey. As they stood in The Trident Hotel looking out at the harbour and making their promises to one another, sailing boats glided by. This was a family occasion – Marie’s son Ken walked her in, her daughter Emma was bridesmaid [along with Marie’s sister Phil] and her grandson Jamie brought up the rings helped by Lauren.
The speeches were honest, moving and, helped along by best man (also called Hugh), entertaining. Music provided by Ken’s band meant that dancing continued into the early hours, followed by a jamming session in the Residents’ Bar.
I wore my new Adrianna Papell black and white jumpsuit/dress bought a few weeks ago (see my blog post ‘Playing dress-up in Arnotts’). The pop of colour was my red shoes, which had a low enough heel to make them comfortable enough to wear all day, also bought in Arnotts. Red nails and lipstick completed the look. My outfit was greatly admired and it was really comfortable to wear. However, the contortions needed to unzip it myself meant that going to the bathroom was a nightmare. I didn’t really think that through when I bought it. Yes, I wore jumpsuits in the 80s but I obviously never had one with a zip down the back!
More on Kinsale in my next blog post
La présentation est superbe, j’adore les sphères c’est super joli, ça ajoute plein de légèreté à la recette! Je serais curieuse de goûter, ça à l’air vraiment très bon!Un bon choix de recette donc! =)Bon dimanche à toi! Des bisous!
I would want to shop online for baby stuff for my kid. It's a sure fun thing to do especially if the money is an additional budget. Then I will keep the remaining bucks for future use.
It was put in with Teflon paste I believe which is possible acts like a glue. But the new one I made sure was installed with Teflon tape. So, would WD40 work to help make it budge more easily?
What we are seeing in today's America (and this is mostly due to the Republicans, whose recent defeat seems to have put you into a rather sour mood), is raw, naked, Darwinian, Devil-take-the-hindmost, ree dealing, free wheeling capitalism.Ridiculous. I don't know how you could live in the US and even form that thought.
Thanks for the update, Nancy. What I find fascinating about this new business model we’re all seeking is that little of it differs from the traditional New York publisher model. For example, you mentioned that the key to successful self publishing is to first build a reputation. These days the key to getting picked up by a regular publisher is to build a platform before you even approach the publisher. “Platform” is one part fan community and one part reputation.
Thanks for contributing. It’s helped me understand the issues.
Es la primera vez que os visito y me ha encantado la sensibilidad que rebosa este blog. Os enlazo ahora mismo, si no os importa, y amenazo con volver. Os digo lo mismo que el amigo luz de gas…Un abrazo
Welche Schule (und welches Schulamt) sollte so borniert sein, dich nicht mit herzlichen Grüßen an Herrn Ballmer (der natürlich nicht persönlich kommt, aber was wissen Schulen schon) auf den Kongress zu schicken. Vielleicht wirst du dann sogar spontan Beta-Tester für die neue modische Frühjahrsmode im Schul-Corporate-Design…Das wird schon (und wage es nicht, nicht zu fragen)!