The first of the kids to get hitched was on Aug 11, 2023. Cuz 21 years prior was my turn, it sounds like a lifetime ago, but time has flown. With a marquee wedding, weather is always a fear factor. Mother Nature was kind and brought perfect weather for this day.
It was an amazingly fun, eco-friendly and unique wedding. I've never been on a tractor ride to tour the farm and see the horses up close and personal. Well, not a wedding.
Weddings are always both fun and stressful times. The planning and lead up to the event can be worrisome, and a hurdle. This is where you plan for 'What Ifs' and say to yourself 'What can you do?'
It is the start of a journey full of making adjustments. That's Life.
I could have selected all of the food choices. It was delicious. But I only have 1 stomach. And I can only eat so much. My belly was very happy with my selection.
It has been a crazy busy summer, I feel like my head is spinning every day. There's just so much going on that I feel like it's hard to focus. I know becoming proficient takes time. It takes time to acquire the info, and then assimilate it for it to make sense and then become part of your experience.
So this event was a such a great distraction from all the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
It makes you realize how unimportant so many things are, but things we take for granted are so important. The green grass, the air, the water, the friends and family that surround us. The respect for our home and each other.
These are so much more important than so many other things. It's unfortunate that there are influences in our lives that create complexity and stress. Learning to filter those out, but more importantly how can we live our lives as a society to be less demanding.
It's the demand that is forcing companies to provide a supply of Customer First, Next Day, Same Day. Right NOW! Seriously. Even I don't need things that quick, but soon is fine.
Sometimes I do need things right away. Say I'm working on the car, but we used to plan for the unexpected, just in case. But having extra inventory is costly.
Stores at one time all closed at 6pm and all day Sundays. It was all good, we adjusted to that schedule. Now we are being taught to get everything instantly and 24x7.
It's all about making money in today's world. It was like this before, but the GAP is getting wider.
I remember a time before email. Dropping letters in a mailbox and then waiting weeks to get a response.
I loved getting mail. Now it's mostly bills.
Email....well that was fun at first, then it became SPAM without a can.
Now we have messaging systems, chat, and social media.
We had our wedding when these kids were still toddlers and little kiddies. We sent our wedding invites by mail. For the recent weddings we have been invited to, we RSVP'd electronically.I mean that's a good thing, though.
The world has become smaller, feels like there is nowhere to escape from far reaches of the internet trolls. Or you can just lose the phone and totally go off grid.
But someone around will have a phone. In that regard, you cannot totally escape it.
But the cottage is a great place to try and escape. Internet is slower. Cellphones don't work indoors.
It was the a last get together for these boys that started school as little kids and finished school as bigger kids, before they head off to their respective schools to begin the first chapter of their adult lives.
For 1 last summer weekend. They can still be kids, where nothing is really that urgent, play time is all the time. And the only demand was simplicity and fun.
As we see the kids grow and follow the same sort of path that we followed at their age.
My only hope for them is for a kinder, more respectful world.
Simple, is a good thing.
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