Awake: 6:30am Temp 49 sleep 6+46 consistent rain overnight @ Ravenna, OH.
Driving our Suzuki, we leave @ 11:35am for Parma, OH a (54) mile trip from our campground. We have been invited to the wedding of Diane & Nathaniel; Diane being the youngest child of the Mark & Joan family, our close friends.
We are early & pass by the church where the wedding ceremony will take place; to kill time, we ride around the vicinity & buy some good Gouda cheese & some yogurt @ the local Giant Eagle. Back @ the church (Saint Charles Borromeo), we see & talk briefly with several of Mark’s brothers & their spouses before being escorted to our church pew.
Then the music begins & the bridesmaids walk down the aisle while their groomsmen wait at the altar steps; all beautiful & handsome of course. But when Diane slowly walks down the aisle to meet up with her soon to be husband, Nathaniel, I could hear many whispers of: “isn’t she beautiful!” & look @ the cute smile on Nathan’s face. The chosen wedding songs: Cantique de Jean racine; I have a dream; Edelweiss; Canon in D; Trumpet Voluntary; Song of Songs; Be glad in the Lord & Corinthians….all sung & played well. The ceremony as well as the homily were both great.
K & I didn’t hang around afterward; we drove into a nearby parking lot, ate a small lunch & then attended another church (Saint Thomas More), about (2) miles away, for a vigil Mass satisfying our Sunday commitment.
Next the reception, only ¼ of a mile from Saint Thomas More; again we are early. This time we join the early birds & walk right into the Saint Elias Cultural Center, find our name tag & our table & start the “lets have a party” program.
Slowly the Cultural Center began to come alive with “cultural” people & we knew many of them: i.e. Mark & Joan; Bub & Pat; Don & Marge; Linus & Marilyn; Judy & Jerry;
Karen & Rick; Julie with Virginia, Sophia & Steven; Molly; Elaine & Paul; Rita & her husband; Margie, etc, etc. Next the wine, food, socializing & dancing. The reception was @ full throttle by now but….we felt we had better leave while the leaving was good; we wished the happy bride & groom the best, said our goodbyes to those who we know & returned to our campsite in Ravenna by 11:05pm
Lights out: 12:10am
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