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moana (profile) wrote,
on 3-31-2005 at 12:06am
I never thought of myself as the kind of girl that would cry at a wedding.

I was watching the bride walk down the aisle, looking more beautiful than I've ever seen her before and I've known her my entire life, and then I glanced at her mother and the world fell away. Image giving away your only daughter. Imagine letting go your first born. Imagine marrying off your child, knowing they will never be yours in the same way again. I imagined.

So I cried at the wedding. And the mother of the bride, my Arab godmother, the woman who all but raised my brother and I when my parents were too busy killing one another to do it, she saw me. She didn't say a word to my mother about it, just kissed the top of my head and said, "May your time come soon."
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bacardi

03-31-05 2:19pm

Wow, that almost made me cry. Seriously though that was touching, I think I have cried at every wedding I have been too even my ex-g/f's cousins (lol i didnt even know them), but I don't think I did at my uncle Tony's second marriage because I couldn't place myself into his shoes, just to old.

I know I'm gonna cry at my wedding, but since I don't really want to take that plunge I don't think I will. =P

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moana

Re:, 03-31-05 2:26pm

It's a good thing. I'm just not the crying type, I don't cry at movies and at weddings and at funerals, it's just not my style, so this was a shocker. I wish I could cry, when appropriate, you know?

I'm definately gonna cry at my own wedding, throwing away all that single life joy, saying goodbye to the freedom of hoo-hah. Dang, anyone could get teary eyed just thinking about it.

But marriage is for romantics, not for folk like us eh?

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guajiragoddess

Re: Re:, 03-31-05 5:25pm

I think you both are romantics. I mean, the only reason you're so against marriage is because you're afraid...and shit, I'd be afraid too if I grew up with your parents, Fay. But honestly, I think that will only make you want to hold on more to the person who makes you happiest. I mean, don't the bad times make the good times that much better? If anything, you're better equipped than the rest of us to decide what is real and what isn't.

I don't cry much either, getting irrationally angry is so much easier than crying for me. *shrugs* I cry at the end of sports games when I see teammates hugging each other and coaches getting choked up. I cried when my coach left my school. I cried once talking about God, and sometimes I cry when I talk about money.

But I don't cry at all weddings. Only if the couple has written their own vows. It's the most interesting part of the wedding, to me. Everything else seems like such a waste. I love hearing why someone picked one person out of the entire world to spend the rest of their life with...ya know?

This turned out to be an entry of a comment, but oh well, I feel better now, thanks for writing!

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moana

Re: Re: Re:, 04-01-05 3:21am

Uh-oh. Danielle has spoken.

I don't know, judging from my relationship history, I don't think I'm very well suited to holding on to the people that love me, let alone holding on the the people I love.

I wish people wrote vows and things here. It sounds like the most interesting part of the wedding.

Thank you for sharing your soft spots with us! *hugs* You're so great.

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guajiragoddess

Re: Re: Re: Re:, 04-01-05 8:42am

Haha you're such a punk. Thanks for mocking me and making me sound like some fascist dictator.

I'm allowed to be an optimist if I want!

Yeah, when you get married, write your vows here.

*holds face in hand* This wasn't about my soft spots.

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moana

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:, 04-01-05 1:53pm

ooooooh, danielle has soft spots. dum dum duuuuuuuuuum...

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guajiragoddess

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:, 04-01-05 3:08pm

yeah I was a mess this week, after the girls and guys made it to Final Four, you shoulda seen me

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cowboy67

toughies, huh?, 04-02-05 12:25am

*sigh*

could you girls please keep the grunting competition down? i'm trying to get some rest, here.

*re-applies cucumbers to his eyes*

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