First Dance At Ray And Rita's Wedding

My friends Ray and Rita were married in a lovely ceremony today. At the reception we were

all hoping they would dazzle us with some of their fancy footwork.

It is no secret Ray moves with a lightness, a precision and a grace that makes professional dancers look like they are stumbling around in a dark room wearing heavy, concrete-filled work boots. (Much of what Michael Jackson knew about dancing he learned from Ray, whom Jackson affectionately called “that guy with the sweet moves who digs Rita.”)

Well as you can see in the picture they did not disappoint! It was a marvel to behold. Twirling, fancy footwork, 2 or 3 backflips… they did it all.

I asked Ray and Rita if it would be alright with them for me to post a photo on social media.

Ray chuckled and said, “I would be shocked if you did not.” Then he and Rita laughed and clinked their glasses together.

Several moments later security personnel came and confiscated my camera.

…That’s why I always carry a second camera.

Seriously though, the dancing was terrific.

Congratulations to a wonderful couple!

Love and many blessings to you,

Dan

Ring Bearer: "What Fun Stuff?"

While delivering remarks at a wedding tonight, I said, “In just a minute, here, we’re going to get to the fun stuff.”  I was referring to the wedding vows.

The little Ring Bearer who was standing with the groomsmen in the front of the congregation suddenly snapped to attention.  And with some excitement he said—in a voice that everyone could hear, “What fun stuff!?!”

The congregation erupted in laughter.

It was the genuine curiosity in his voice that helped make this moment amusing.  I had been droning on with talk about unity; and thoughts about Genesis chapter 2; and how, in God’s eyes, the groom and bride are “one flesh.”  We can all understand that this information—though quite fascinating to me—wouldn’t have been very interesting for a little boy, right? 

And then in the midst of all this dry talk he heard the phrase, “fun stuff.”  Who can blame him for zeroing in on it?

When he stood up straight and looked around asking, “What fun stuff?”  You could tell that he was honestly curious and he was honestly hoping that something fun was actually going to happen.

Unfortunately, when we did finally get to the vows I suspect they still weren’t quite as fun as he was hoping they would be.  (After all, wedding vows rarely involve something really fun like, oh, let’s say… laser tag.)

But I should note that the bride and groom seemed to like them!