A Gold Coast Wedding

In early October, my best friend, Alison, married the man of her dreams.  I had been looking forward to this wedding for the entire year.  Everyone loves a wedding, and it was a girl affair from the get-go.  Alison, Brooke K, Holly and I flew to the Gold Coast on Thursday afternoon - two free evenings before the wedding.  We drank champagne on the plane.  We drank champagne in the limousine from the airport that Alison had organised.  We drank champagne at the bar.  We drank champagne in our room.  We drank champagne as a pre-wedding drink.  You get the point.

Below are some photographs of the day and night.  The bridesmaids were gorgeous (!), but not as stunning as the bride - of course!  I felt honoured to be a part of Alison's most important day in her life.  During the wedding I got to thinking about what the three of us (Alison, Holly and me) have in common.  Crazily enough, we all share the same ex-boyfriend!!  Side note: I wasn't slurpy seconds, but mushy thirds!  This same ex-boyfriend is how I met Alison, and for that, I am eternally grateful.  And at last, we have a situation where all three girls of the ex-boyfriend get along.  I'm so tired of women fighting within women circles - but that's a whole other blog!   

      

Below is a copy of part of the speech I read at Alison's wedding - as per my last blog entry.

'TO LOVE'

To love is to have someone hold you tight when life turns from white to black, or even shades of grey, and surely to hold you tight in your darkest hour. A hold that is a soft place to fall.

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To love is to have the greatest friend in the whole world. A soul mate who completes you. Your truest friend. A constant friend. A kindred spirit. An eternal partner.

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To love is to stand still with one another and without a touch, without a word, without a sign, feel each other's warmth. This is the warmest place the sun ever shines.

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To love is to have someone sing the song of your heart when you have forgotten the words or lost the beat along the way. Someone who believes in you when you have ceased believing in yourself.

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To love is to laugh unabatedly, cry unashamedly, dream unequivocally, and to know that every star in the night promises the dawn with each other.

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To love is to carry one another in your smile. A true reflection of one another in each one's eyes. To have your soul sparkle with diamonds, the shine of which reminds us daily of what's under our feet.

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And finally, to love is to marry. And to exchange wedding rings is to bind one another body, heart and soul. Afterall, life's the longest picture you're ever going to take, and love's the longest promise that you're never going to break.

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And of course, Luke joined in on the affair.  Here is a photograph of him protecting my never- ending supply of cosmopolitans.  Cosmopolitans which only the bridesmaids drank thanks Alison's organisation and our personal waiter.