Metamorphosis

Oh, Life. How educational you can be.

How stunning.
How peaceful.

How loose.
How uplifting.

How angry!

How disappointing!

How sad.
How infuriating!

How lovely.

Chaperoning has changed my heart.

The wedding I went to this afternoon has reaffirmed my resolution to let my personality (and that of my fiance's) flow through our wedding.

Dancing down the wedding aisle to Chairlift's Bruises.

Disappearing during a magician's Grand Finale.

A hand-picked playlist for the reception including Chopin, Heartland, Coldplay, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Various Artists of O Happy Day, Women of Faith.

A Ceremony held in a forest, at the beach, or in Queen of the Snows Church in Squaw Valley (google it).

No receiving line.

Can you tell? This is one of the most beloved and visited areas of my mind.

As for the theme, I don't know that yet. Depends on what my husband will be like. Depends on where we meet, what songs will be special for us, what cities will we have lived in or traveled to, what interests we share..

I'm praying that he loves Band of Brothers because I want to follow the footsteps of Easy Company for a honeymoon.)

(And no, it will NOT be boring. They went through some gorgeous places... Georgia, New York, England, Paris, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Germany...)

Do you know what? The wedding I attended earlier, the couple's first kiss was at the altar. It was unbearably sweet--they were embarrassed! The groom cried while his parents were praying for him.

I want a small wedding--as small as possible. But very pretty. Very elegant, very sweet.

I want to put random objects into it--a colored egg here, a Starbucks Chalk sign there. Ribbons! Lots of ribbons. Garden gnomes as centerpieces, maybe; depending on the theme. But there should definitely be gnomes.

And something regarding Lord of the Rings. Maybe Arwen's headpiece.

Oh. Sweet Heavens. And my groom could wear Aragorn's headpiece!

Ahem. Or maybe A Little Somethin' Somethin' from Haldir's Wardrobe. Or Eomer's. Faramir..

GLORFINDEL!

*keels over*

GLORFINDEL! My groom could be dressed in BLACK AND GOLD! Holy crap!

Eek!

*blinks in excitement*

Why did I never think of GOLD before?? It's genius! Glorious! Glorfindelous!

This is a completely different topic from Glorious Glorfindel. This is a tiny poem because I love the beach and sandpipers and lobsters are beautiful.

fly against the sun,
sandpiper,
and search for things-to-come.

eat away the jetty,
lobster,
and devour things-have-been.