Nine thousand one hundred thirty one days ago, two people of
different faiths dared to get married.
And here we are, twenty-five years later, still mixing it up. I think it’s a miracle.
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| Stomping on the glass! Mazel Tov! |
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| Finalizing the wedding, just before cutting the cake. |
I think tradition says that a Jewish wedding is finalized
by stomping on a glass (it beats me why).
Maybe a Presbyterian wedding is sealed with the exchange of the rings
(it beats me why). But I considered that
our wedding was complete when the minister, acting on behalf of The State,
signed our marriage license. (I didn't think about it then, but it's just weird that a religious leader acts on behalf of the state for this one function.)
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| Hi, all you wonderful people. Thank you for participating in our wedding, lo those many years ago! Thanks for wearing The Green Dress and The Rented Tux! |
When we decided to get married, we were living in New York
and Connecticut. We asked my parents to
find a place in Baltimore for our wedding – a place with a worshipful
atmosphere, preferably with a pipe organ, but not overtly Christian. In a
few days my Dad reported back to us that he had found the perfect place. It was not a church, had no obvious Christian
symbols, but was a solemn worshipful atmosphere, and had an organ. The place?
- the Levinson Funeral Home.
Thanks, Dad.
We got married at the chapel at Goucher College, in Towson,
Maryland, thankyouverymuch.
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| My, what big eyeglasses we had back then. |
One reason our 25th anniversary is a miracle is
that at our wedding reception we survived the Jewish celebratory custom of having people lift you up on
a chair and then dance around while holding you up in the air. We hoped that these people had been lifting
weights for several months before attempting this.
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| Demonstrating my bouquet-throwing skills |
7 comments:
Wedding rituals are very strange, aren't they? We got married in a Unitarian Universalist church, and had several Native American readings, along with short vows we wrote. I think I also felt that final "you're my husband" after we signed the paperwork :-)
Happy anniversary!
Congratulations on 25 years and here's to many more! Love this post!
Hope you've had a wonderful Silver Anniversary! Congratulations!
Happy Anniversary!
I'm glad you both survived being carried on those chairs. What a party that must have been! (Shaking my head over your dad's choice of venue...)
I never thought about it being a Presbyterian wedding before, even though dh and I were both raised that way/still that now. I felt married with a ring on my finger, but he considered us married as soon as I said yes.
PS: The green dresses were a lovely choice, IMHO.
Happy (Belated) Anniversary!
Your wedding sounds so fun, but your marriage- at least as seen through this blog- seems even better. Was that chair thing mandatory? Because I'm pretty sure that would have been a deal-breaker for me. I wonder how many chair-in-the-air-related injuries and deaths there have been? Just a fun thought for your anniversary.
What a mash-up of wedding awesomeness--my favorite part is the idea of having your ceremony at a funeral home. Though I get how it fit the bill.
Congratulations on your anniversary.
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