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May 9, 2007
On Vacation
This week I am on vacation with my parents (and Sarah’s parents). We are having fun with all our kids (Joanna, Lauren, Meredith, Coriena, Josiah, and Eden) and enjoying the new bikes that we gave each other for our 3rd Anniversary. Vacation can be hard work when there are so many people we want to spend quality time with, staying up late (but Joanna still gets up early) and being busy with fun activity. It will be nice to get home and do some relaxing work.
Our friends, Peter and Janet, are getting married this week. Sarah has known them for a very long time, but they are my friends, too. I am thankful that they did not ask me to participate in the wedding. Weddings can be exhausting for musicians. Why do weddings have to be so huge? I know someone who will be getting married this summer in Nairobi. I heard that they are having their wedding in the middle of a Sunday morning worship service. Why don’t we get back to that kind of a thing for weddings? So much emphasis on the wedding day distracts from the long haul reality of marriage.
Anyway, it’s good to be in “The Scenic City of the South” again.
General | By Kirk Ward | 3:03 PM
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I'm so glad we can be here too - it's so great to see you guys, and of course your very cute daughter.
Posted by: Rinnie at May 10, 2007 7:21 AM
Over the past few months, it’s been interesting for me to explore the different cultural expectations regarding weddings-I'm thinking mainly of Worku (Ethiopian) and Rebecca's (Westerner) wedding set for this coming July. So many of the assumptions that I made were wrong--like the notion that people prefer to be married in a church/natural setting, OR the idea that a wedding is ultimately about catering to the wishes of the bride and groom. I’m excited to see how they reconcile the differing opinions. I’m sure it'll be great!
Posted by: Heidi Vincent at May 10, 2007 8:21 AM