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June 17th, nine years ago. I was standing on a Texas front porch with long hair and a Maile lei on. Everyone two days before the ceremony wanted to know if I was going to cut my hair for the wedding and I did cut it, just enough to remove the split ends. Standing in front of everyone that came, I noticed a few people. My mom, who looked worried and sad, my father who had his game face on, and my grand parents. I believe this is the last great memory I have of my family together in one place. I looked like a deer in the headlights. Hand over the old guard, and accept the new. New rules new people, but still your same old self. I have a few regrets about my wedding. The first is the choice of the best man. My best friend of 19 years at the time was figuring his life out, so I opted for the total rebel drunk high school friend, huge mistake. Porter should have been there but I was too weak to make it happen. The next and I believe the greater of the two regrets is I did not consult a book of etiquette about the grooms responsibilities. Most of the protocols I remembered, however I was unaware that the grooms party throws the rehearsal dinner. I wish that I had been more man enough to have done so, and also that I had the money to make it happen. My father had just lost his business, and my mom didn't approve of the whole thing anyway so why try. If I had saved more money earlier on I would have been able to do it on my own. Amy (Courtney's cousin) and Al however picked up the slack and threw a cool barbecue. As it was I had to borrow money from my grandfather for some of the honeymoon. He wrote me a check for a one night (out of 10) in a killer hotel room in Paris and if he would talk to me in person today I would pay it back in full although I'm not sure if I could afford his interest. I also don't know if I would recognize his voice though as it has been eight years since my mom convinced everyone that I was a dangerous person. Two regrets and one thousand great things happened on June 17th, 1995. I was named Roger, there was a beautiful cool summer wind at sunset, the dress fit Courtney perfectly, and 997 other things that we have pictures of to prove. Damn nine years goes really fast. |
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