the wilson wedding

The ceremony, held in the garden outside the Gale Mansion was brief and a bit moving. Behind Andy, I watched Angela looking him from, her gaze brimming with love and joy and elation.

As we sat down to dinner, the skies opened and it began to rain, then hail. Timing everything, an hour earlier and we would all have been scrambling, instead it was a bit of entertainment while the food arrived.

Andy's family was surprised and thrilled my toast wasn't vulgar or inappropriate. It seemed a real and serious concern given how many people made comments to me about it at the groom's dinner the night before. Her dad then stole the show with an emotional speech only a father can give.

Now they're in Europe, married and I'm back in Philadelphia.