Wedding Plans

It has been a very wedding-y sort of week for me. A friend of mine got engaged last Friday. I attended another friend's wedding today. And to top it all off, I just read a blog post where someone said she would like to arrive at her wedding in a hot air balloon. All this got me wondering: what do you want your wedding to be like? I wrote up a questionnaire for y'all, and I answered the answers myself ... not because I have any desire to share with you MY wedding fantasies, though; I just wanted to make sure you know how questionnaires are done. XD. Jokinnnnng ... I'd LOVE to share with you some of my wedding schemes, and I'd love to hear about yours, too! Post your answers on your own blog, or put them in the comment box below.

1. Inside or outside? Why?

Outside, in a glade in a forest. Because it would feel so much more vital to be married with a breath of fresh air blowing about me. And I'd feel closer to God's presence outside.

2. What time of year do you want to have your wedding at?

Um, summer. Because outdoor weddings in Oregon negate just about any other option.

2. What do you want your dress to look like?

I rather like the idea of a wedding dress shaped like Princess Aurora's. Except obviously it'd be white instead of pink or blue. The skirt has so much mobility! And the bodice is just beautiful. 

3. Will you follow the old tradition and try to wear something old, something new,

Something borrowed, and something blue? Also, btw,

Hee-hee-hee.

Yes ... I'd follow that tradition. It's so charming.

4. Will you dance the first dance with your husband? What song would you like to dance to for this?
First dance with husband, yes. The difficulty is picking the song. Of course the guy I marry would have a lot to do with it, but objectively I really like this song. So celebratory. (What kind of dancing could you do to that song, Cassie?)

5. What music will you walk down the isle to?
If I had to pick today, it'd be this. It's so beautifallllll.

6. What do you want your wedding colors to be?
Okay okay. Either coral and gray, like this

blue and orange, like this

or just a lightgreen.

7. What will you have your bridesmaids wear?
I'd like them to all wear about the same length of dress, maybe knee-length. Other than that I'd like them to wear whatever dress suits them best.

8. How about your groomsmen?
Vests. Duh. Mostly because of Ron. Ah, love you, Ron.

9. What food do you want to have at your wedding?
Peppermint ice cream. That's all I've settled on. Oooh! That would match the coral and gray color palette! 10 points for Coral and Gray.

10. Name any random other details about your wedding you have in mind. Arrival by hot air balloon, for example.
Hmmmmmmmmm. I think it would be really awesome if after the wedding ceremony, the bridal party all went down the isle in an epic folk dance of some kind.

11. And, finally, because I want to know and because it has to do with getting marrried: what character quality would you prize most in your husband?
Moral fortitude. I want to marry a man who doesn't give a cent for what anyone else thinks as long as he's doing what God has called him to.

Can't wait to see your answers!!! Also, invite me to your weddings.

Masks

Oh, dear,

Must you go to bed so soon?

Well, goodnight,

but I wish you wouldn't leave.

Perhaps if we stayed up long enough,

I'd find a way to tell you 

everything that's on my mind.

Perhaps everything would look better then -

then again, everything may look a good deal worse.

Oh well, it's worth the risk, isn't it? - maybe I will tell you after all.

But - we wear our masks for a reason, 

don't we?

And I worked so hard to make mine,

It seems a shame to throw it away.

It's such a pretty mask.

Maybe, if I take it off, you won't love me anymore.

Oh, I don't think I could bear that.

Why don't you take yours off, first?

Yes, do!

Then maybe I could summon up the courage to -

oh - 

but, of course, you've already gone to sleep.

Oh, I wish you hadn't gone away.

I've so much left to say to you.

Oh, well, perhaps another time.

Goodnight, and I hope you have
lovely dreams.

Hullo all! Found a poem I wish to share with you (i.e., I did not write it). Let me know what you think :). 

I do not want to smile

It's just the way I am

But if you let me be a while

I will smile again

I do not wish to carry

A burden that is not mine

But not long shall I tarry

Ere once more I help with thine

I do not want for company

I can be lonely on my own

But my hopes, though dim, are many

And I shall not stay long alone

I do not wish to want for

Things I can never know

But holes cannot be filled more

By cutting out your woe

~anonymous

The Piano

We rounded the corner, and I caught a glimpse

Of hammers and strings and keys all awry

And amber wood shattered in a thousand pieces.

The girl stood with her face in her hands,

And the boy stood with his arms about her

As she mourned the loss of a friend.

Gently, gently now, good sir,

Play adagio.

I think I know how it happened.

The piano fell from the bed of their truck

As they rounded the corner too fast.

Now it stood on its side, bent and battered,

Never to speak again.

Softly, softly, not too loud,

Play pianissimmo.

We drove on. And though I faced forward,

My heart remained with the girl who had suddenly lost so much. 

Oh, so many years they might've spent together! 

For pianos are made to live long, long lives.

This one's end came swift and soon,

And yet - though it is sad to think on her loss -

I am glad that this one was so loved before the end.

Dolce now, and dolore, 

And still adagio.

The Universe is Dancing

The universe is dancing - yes, that is the nature of it:
The planets whirl through the cosmos, dancing in the dark.
Here on Earth we dance together,
Our hands clasped as we whirl each other around and around.
We dance beneath the moon, that faithful lover,
Revolving ever with his face to his pirouetting partner,
Admiring her to the end of time.
One day, too, I may dance before my lover,
As he treads the sentry's loving waltz around me,
Keeping me from harm.
But till then we as friends dance together,
By the light of the wheeling stars.