Thanks to all of you. We had a fantastic day, the rain had stopped and the air was crisp. People were in tears (good ones), because, as you know, we have an unusual story, and some of our closest friends (writers) said some wonderful words.
Our newly combined family of three kids were absolutely wonderful and charming and we still pinch ourselves that we get to be their parents!
There was some spewing of toxic drama from my N SIL, but she gets to keep her bad feelings (which she will) but (after loads of processing!) I will keep only the good stuff in my heart and I'd say the day was 99.99% good stuff. Great music, my son sat in with the band and (ok, so I am prideful) blew everybody away. The kids did a rehearsed toast/rap that had everybody in stitches, the food was delicious....and there was so much love it was palpable.
We went to the nursing home to see my mother in our "finery" and she was so pleased and fairly lucid. That was the icing on the cake for me!It was a wonderful day..Thanks for the well wishes.
