The Marriage of My Aunt Dora and Joe
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On a beautiful unusually warm sunny day in November I traveled to a wedding that I wouldn’t have missed for the world.
It was the wedding of my 78 year old Aunt Dora and an 84 year old gentleman named Joe.
The service was held at Abbey Park Independent Senior Living in Grand Blanc, Michigan where both Joe and Aunt Dora live. The place itself was beautiful. Rows and rows of chairs were set up in
the main entry to accommodate the guests. As the well wishers started to gather many more chairs had to be added to the rows that were already there, what a turnout for this very special occasion.
the main entry to accommodate the guests. As the well wishers started to gather many more chairs had to be added to the rows that were already there, what a turnout for this very special occasion.
It was so nice to see such a gathering of family members and friends for a joyous occasion rather than a funeral.
My Aunt Dora entered wearing a beautiful off-white dress of lace. This dress had been purchased by a staff member at an antique store. It was used by her daughter for her own wedding. This dress will have a story of it’s own to tell because this caring lender is wanting this dress to be worn by many and is keeping a log of all that wear it.
The service itself was unlike any other wedding ceremony I had witnessed. 4 ministers helped officiate the wedding, 5 if you include the singer and his wife. We all helped with the singing of “Let me call you Sweetheart”.
When it came time for the exchanging of the rings a friend of the bride and the groom drove up the aisle on his motorized scooter adorned with a white pennant flag with the words “ring bearer”
written in gold.
written in gold.
Several times throughout the service we heard members of the elderly audience shout out, “we can’t hear you.” One time after the minister had been telling a story for a few minutes about this couple another shout out came from the back,”we can’t hear you!” Without skipping a beat the minister glanced over his shoulder and simply said…”well I am not starting over,” The audience roared with laughter. The service as I said was one to remember. It was just a wonderful fun event.
After the couple were pronounced man and wife they both walked to motorized scooters decorated with cans and streamers as well as signs on each… one saying “Just” and the other saying “Married”. Although they were both perfectly capable of walking to their place at the receiving line the scooters were certainly a nice
touch.
touch.
The wedding of my Aunt Dora and Joe was certainly an affair to remember. The event was even feature on the TV News.
A great day was indeed had by all.
Congratulations Aunt Dora and Joe.
Cindy