Out Of The Closet And Into The Fire, Mixed Cliches, and Mixed Nuts...

yes, we have finally come up for air, after the long awaited wedding of anysara and soulmate! although every blog i checked so far is discissing the same topic, i figured i would throw in my 3 cents worth. so, here are my cliff notes for the wedding of the century (blogbrit and i got married in the last century...):

photochick was stunning in a glamour girl kinda way. she did this thing with her hair that was totally fashionista-on-the-runway beautiful, and her gown was artsy beautiful in a completely photochick style...the tailor was distinguished looking and appropriately black-hattish about the whole affair. his bracha at the end of sheva brochos was amazing, done perfectly, and truly heartfelt. sadly, he may now have to start going out for ice cream with s.s. instead of anysara...b-2 looked absolutely lovely- picture perfect and fresh-young-thing energetic. she danced with the blondlets and made anysara really happy by being there...josh was a special treat for all involved. his roadtrip made everyone so excited- especially the junior blonds. he is totally adorable in person, and even though he left his hello gift in our house, he came through with flying colours when in came to being m'samayach the chooson v'kallah. soulamte is still smiling about the elvis memorabilia and when i jokingly suggested that he could feed it to his dog, he about fell out of his chair with indignation...dimmy and mrs dimmy have now sent me multiple nastygrams about not being able to spend qulaity friend time with them when they were in town, so although it is great that they came in, and their kids were really cute, i'll have to reserve further niceties about them until they chill the heck out...blogbrit was awesome in every way. true to form, he handled everything with grace and diplomacy. from being thrown out of his own home for the shabbos kallah, to shlepping the family for photos before the chasunah, to making sure that everyone felt included and special at the dancing, to setting up for sheva brochos while i ran out to do a last minute errand, he rose to the occasion in every way, and made me fall in love with him all over again about a million times...

and, last but not least, anysara and soulmate- he was clearly in Love (yes, with a capital L). the way he looked at her just took your breath away, and he was so full of true joy and happiness that it makes losing anysara almost bearable. you could tell that he really Knows that she is his One True Love- the kind you write songs and poems about, and the kind that makes you feel lucky and blessed every day of your life. He is actually good enough for her- no small feat- and has passed muster with everyone who loves her- we know he will do right by her in every way and cherish her for being the amazing person she is. and for that, we love him as well...anysara was like the magical fairy princess in a young girl's dreams. she was appropriately in the clouds the whole time, and just radiated pure joy. she was a vision of the contentment of a soul that has truly found its other half, and everyone who was around her just got wrapped up in her bliss. she looked breathtaking, and gorgeous, and handled the whole day with more grace under pressure than i could muster even in my dreams. she just exuded this energy that made the day feel like all things are possible, and she managed to make about 150 people who have almost no connection in real life feel like the closest of friends. it was wonderful to see how many lives she has touched, and that she has touched them so deeply that they would come from all corners of the map to be there for her to share her day. she was everything you want a bride to be, and if it wasn't for my total denial of the fact that she is moving tomorrow night, i would probably be falling to pieces at the thought of her not being around...but, i am more happy for her than i know how to say, more proud of her than i probably should admit, and more a fan of hers than she will ever know. i really do wish her and soulmate every happiness in the truest sense of forever. i wish them a love that is as all-consuming as on their wedding day, becomes deeper and closer with each passing moment, and is always at the forefront of their world. we love you guys!!! now quit sniffling!!!!!!!!!