Marriage Club

Due to the previously mentioned illness, I bailed from work on Thursday, anticipating my cousin's wedding this weekend. As a groomsman, I had certain responsibilities such as 1) show up to the rehearsal on Friday night and 2) moving around various points in Maryland. Not as complicated as the responsibilities of the groom or even that of the best man. Still, being sick saps my energy for 'tasks' and transforms them to monsterous inconveniences. While my best efforts at recuperation didn't wipe out the illness, it did hold it in check well into Saturday evening, when I finally threw in to towel and left the reception early. Overall, the wedding was a joy. Certain parts of the ceremony and the reception were bittersweet due to strained relationships between various relatives; still it was heart-warming to have the whole family together in one place, having a joyous time. The night had an air reminiscent of childhood - summers in Pennsylvania, laughing, bonding, being family, and more importantly, being friends. That doesn't happen very much now that we are older; and that's okay. Still, events like last night make past times sweeter and always a welcome pleasure to revisit and reinterpret.