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</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Part’s of this story confused me. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Was this one weading? <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Was it two different weadings<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">of two different couples. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Was this the same couple renewing their
vows?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I’m assuming<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">this isa true story. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I recognized the writers dog, but the
writer was never mentioned by name<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">as
one of the characters.</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I did enjoy the anecdote<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">about</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3">
</font></span><font size="3">Tammy getting in the middle of things like she always did.</font><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The hoop<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">anecdote was also fun. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The bride helping her mother with the
mother’s wardrobe was also funny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Unless I am the only one being confused, I
think you need a few more descriptors to clarify<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">the kinds of questions I have.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Wedding
Days <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">By
DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
“There! You look pretty enough to go on the top of my wedding cake,” Tabby smiled
down at her five-year old sister Tina as she finished adjusting the flowered
headband holding back the tumble of dark curls flowing down the small girl’s
back. “Now don’t get messed up.” The bedroom door flew open and their mother
stood framed in the doorway. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">“Tabby!
Can you dress yourself?” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">“I
should be able to manage that, I’ve been doing it for most of the past twenty
years!” said the bride-to-be as she turned toward where the sugar crystal
organza dress lay across <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I doubt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">that many men would get much out of the description of the weding
dress.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">But don’t mind us. We’re not
looking at the dress anyway.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
twin bed in the room she shared with her flower girl sister.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">“Well,
I can’t!” cried her frazzled mother. “My zipper’s stuck and Nina says every
time she raises her arms up like she is going to fold back your veil, the snaps
on her sleeves pop open and they fall back to her shoulders!” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">“Tabby!”
cried Tina, “My hoop-skirt hit me in the face when I twied to sit down!” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Tabby
turned from where she had been gently extricating the fold of blue satin out of
the jammed zipper on the back of her mother’s dress. “Mom, look in my little
bag there, I have some safety pins you can use to fix Nina’s sleeves. Oh! Don’t
cry Tina. You’ll make your pretty brown eyes all red. Here, let me show you how
to pick up the back of your hoop so you can sit without it popping up and
smacking your nose!” Tabby checked her watch. She really had to get in to the
dress and veil pronto! It was almost time for the music to start. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">She hoped her two grandfathers weren’t
coming to blows over union stuff <o:p></o:p></b></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">Is</font></span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"> ‘<u>blows</u></font><font size="3">’ </font><u><font size="3">a
colloquialism. I’ve never?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">Heard it
before.<o:p></o:p></font></u></span></b></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Uncle
John hadn’t started sampling the keg of beer he insisted on buying for the
reception.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">***<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The
organ played softly and a rich contralto voice began to sing, “Come Saturday
Morning, I’m Going Away with My Friend. As the bride slipped her slender hand
through the proffered arm of the distinguished gray haired man at her side, a
large black <st1:place w:st="on">Labrador</st1:place></font><font size="3"> charged up the aisle trailing
a leash and wearing a guide dog harness. She burst in to uncontrolled laughter.
“I told you we should have let Tammy be the flower dog or ring bearer!” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv0060535668msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Christopher
Grant smiled down at Tabitha, the girl he had married fifty years ago. He
exchanged a smile with his sister-in-law Tina, as she finished the song and the
renewal of vows ceremony dissolved in to laughter tail wags and hugs all round.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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