Last Saturday was a fun little day. We had a graduation party in the early afternoon, followed by a wedding of a former student. The only down side of the day was that the wedding overlapped with two other graduation parties to which we could have gone.

The former student, Kevin, was one of my Founding Fools: one of eight students who helped me start up CVCA’s improv group eight years ago. He is now in medical school, and his wife, Sarah, just passed her exams to become a nurse. The are moving to Toledo, but were having the wedding locally in Akron. I do not know Sarah well, but I had met her at Matt and Clarice’s wedding a few months ago, and she is very friendly. She was also everything a bride should be – radiant and beaming. The joy expressed by brides and grooms is one of the main reasons I love weddings. It’s also fun to get to see people at them, as many of my former Fools were in attendance.

The wedding was a long service by modern standards, lasting about forty-five minutes. The pastor carefully went over how serious the wedding vows are, and called on us as the congregation to witness the vows and to hold Kevin and Sarah responsible for those vows. It was a very good service.

The reception was great, although typical in that we did not get to see much of the bride and groom. We did, however, get to visit with some CVCA parents, and got to hang out with our former students. There was dancing later in the evening, and Mer and I closed out the party with our friends. It was a fun evening, and we still have four more former-student weddings to go yet this year.