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“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach

I'm not sure who took this picture of my grandson popping the question, but my thanks to them for capturing a picture that's worth more than a thousand words. I couldn't resist writing about the wedding simply so I could post this photo.

A Day to Remember

I watched my third oldest grandchild get married yesterday evening.

As it should be, the bride, Sheila, was beautiful and the groom, David, was shaking in his new suit.

The “girls” had a breakfast earlier in the day, and the “boys” a lunch. At the breakfast, Sheila was worried, as are all brides, about what could go wrong. I told her that at least one thing SHOULD go wrong to make the wedding memorable.

The ceremony, however, went off without a hitch. Too bad, I was thinking.

But then, when it came time to take the photos, someone remembered the boutonnieres for the men’s lapels and the corsages for the women’s dresses that had been forgotten.

“See.” I told Sheila.  “Your wedding turned out perfect after all.”

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Just for Today

One day, 21 centerpieces for a renaissance wedding with a butterfly theme. -- Photo (and centerpieces) by Pat Bean

 “Don’t Despair. But if you do, work on in despair”

I don’t know who the author of the above quote is. I saw it on a blackboard many years ago. The words struck a chord that resonated with me way back then – and quite a few times since.  I’m a person who works through bad times.

 While today was far from being a bad time in my life, it was one in which despair of getting something done within a restricted time frame could have grabbed my attitude.  Thankfully, I remembered that old quote that has seen me through many a difficult day.

 Just two days before my grandson’s wedding, I took on the task of creating 21 table centerpieces. Yesterday I scrounged the craft departments at Big Lots and Wal-Mart and then went and had dinner and margaritas with my grand-daughter.

 I then went to bed and designed centerpieces while I slept.

With the need to get those centerpieces all done today hanging over my head, I sacrificed my morning writing time when I woke up and went to work.

The good new is that I finished all 21 centerpieces. The bad news is what I’ve written here is all the blog you’re going to get today.

 Have a good evening everybody.

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