Officiating
weddings typically is more than just showing up and signing the license
... for me it's personal in that getting to know the couple and perhaps
the immediate family ... last week I received a call from a Gramma
asking me if I would travel to Walla Walla (100 miles RT) I said sure.
It was very important to her to provide a small wedding for her
granddaughter. Gramma was so nervous ... I smile as I understand the
role of a Gramma.
Upon meeting the future grandson-in-law ... I
learned both he and his future wife were raised in southern CA; he was
sharing how he appreciated his bride's Gramma as she had taken the time
to teach him how to drive amongst many other things and now because of
her, they were having a wedding. Upon departing it was a Gramma thing to
share with both, how blessed they are to bring out the best in the
other ...
