We're not quite through yet with our travels! We took another quick trip across the country -- only this time by air! John's daughter, Susan, was married to Scott Siebers on Saturday, July 12, at Hilton Head, South Carolina. It was in a gorgeous setting at an older Episcopalian church, with a view of the water, lush grass and trees right outside the windows. Warm outside, but air conditioned inside, thankfully.
As we were concluding the rehearsal, I kept thinking I was accidentally hitting the lavalier microphone because of the loud popping noise. Then realized it wasn't me -- it was thunder, and then the biggest downpour of rain they'd had in a long time. We had to wait a while before wading out to our cars to get to the rehearsal dinner. Scott's parents hosted a wonderful "low country boil" (a Southern dish of shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob and other things all boiled together) at the country club where they live. Beautiful setting. We had another meal for just the family and out-of-town friends at their lovely home on the golf course, preceded by drinks and appetizers at another spacious home next door the day before. Scott's two brothers and families were there, as was Susan's siblings, Jim and Ann (but not their families).
Did I mention that we seem to be eating quite well nowadays?! Susan treated us to dinner at Crazy Crab restaurant the first night we arrived. We ended up going there again the last night before we left. Couldn't get enough of that crab! John and I hosted the lunch the day after the wedding for family and out-of-town guests. Luckily by then I had already fit into the elegant "mother-of-the-bride" dress for the wedding and didn't have to worry about the bulging stomach any longer!
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The downside of this trip. Somewhere along the way I lost my camera -- yep, the one that has taken all those photos along the way! Searched everywhere. My suspicion is that I left it on the floor of the crab restaurant, but it was never turned in to the lost and found. Luckily I have an older version of a digital camera I'll retrieve from our trailer. Some of the photos on this entry are taken by another friend of Susan and Scott's.
One of the funny things that happend at the wedding: While John was waiting to walk Susan down the aisle, and I was waiting in the wings with the groom and groomsmen, we heard a shriek out in the congregation, then clapping (over the beautiful organ music), and finally a fellow came running out with a frog that had jumped onto a woman in the congregation. Funny way to start a wedding!
I felt privileged to be able to officiate. I was the first non-Episcopalian priest that they've allowed to perform a wedding there. I've also never been the (step)mother of the bride and the minister, so felt funny to have a fancy dress on under my robe. When I took my robe off after the ceremony, the flower girl came up to me and asked: "Are you the same person?"
Well, I'm sure I'm not the same person I was a year ago. A year of travel, and now a future of retirement and unknowns can change a lot of things. Who knows what the future holds?
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