A wedding has to be pretty special for me to leave the mountains in summer. This was the most special wedding of the year for me, and one of the great honors of my life to perform. Kelly, the groom, is the son of Bruce, the brother of my heart. His gorgeous bride, Kisa, has stood with Kelly through thick ‘n thin, sorrow and joy for the last four years. A happy and glorious day their wedding was! It was great to be at the ocean, replete with shrieking gulls and crashing surf. I may have been the only one loving the freezing fog, but I truly loved it. The cliffs and the dunes and the bride in her beautiful gown seemed so much more dramatic emerging from dense grey fog.
Everyone was so happy! I laughed and laughed as Kelly sped me dangerously in the golf cart toward the seashore wedding spot. I imagine many golf balls make their way to the beach, as the golf course reaches right up to the cliffs above the sea. On the beach, however, there is only the sea and soaring gulls.
The bride’s beautiful 8-year-old daughter, Nia, walked her mother to her groom. Both the bride and her daughter were barefoot. (Nice to have beaches without pine cone chips to hurt your feet.) I stood there for a moment before the couple, remembering when Kelly was a tiny baby, and all the years since that have built him into the loyal, devoted, magnificent man he is today. I felt a deep pride, along with a sense of the miracle life is: We learn, we grow, and we transform. Love is the greatest part of the miracle, and the years and the moments teach us to do it better with each passing day.
It’s fun performing a wedding when you’re close to the couple. We giggled up there, and hugged, and shared wondrous tiny moments. This beautiful little family will grow in happiness and in number, and the magic of that day will never leave us.
Happiness to all!
Pamela Camille, Reverend
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