four funerals and a wedding
all the beautiful people
the last month has been an unpredictable blur of deaths and wedding planning for me, my family and extended family (of friends).
the wedding however, was the paramount of success, the pinnacle of our communal happiness.
it was so wildly fun. oh, what an incomparably joyful occasion.
D and i had immense fun, getting dressed, being the bride’s maids. crying a little, laughing a lot. we danced, and drank and ate (that, my friend, is what real food is supposed to taste like) and cried and danced some more. we danced the couple out of the hall to the beatles ‘can’t buy me love’ and A lost his tie after he put it on me.
after smiling so much that it seemed like if i were to smile one more time, it would be to have that smile permenantly plastered to my face, at the end of the day it all felt good. it all felt right. there they all are, all these incredibly beautiful, amazing, caring people that matter so much in my life. i would watch Is trying to wiggle his way into every photgraph we took (iroms says he’s in 80 out of her 95 photographs!), i would watch J and V dance the night away, i would watch N’s silly moves and R’s gangsta style that seemed to only compliment N’s silly moves very much, i would watch my brother gormandize the battered prawns, and i would watch as D was so easily convinced to open the dance floor with me. i missed my aunt T so immensely, but i revelled in the strong, positive presence she left behind in D and N, and in every one of us.
these are the people that have always been there, the ones that will always be there. the ones we cut birthday cake with, the ones we took family trips with, the ones we have to come to know and love over time just as much as the ones we were born knowing, the ones we played hide and seek with, the ones we now get drunk with and the ones we party with.
and now two of them are married, to each other. yippee!
oh, what an incomparably joyful occasion.
Such a pretty picture, looks liKE something from a magazine.!:) can’t wait to see the rest..!!Congratulations T and S..!!;)
Comment by T.J — June 18, 2006 @ 10:40 am
The picture is just perfect isn’t it ? It reflects everyone in all their (dressed up ) glory …. out of all the pictures we took that night, i think this one is my absolute favourite. As always, half are turning away, some are yelling, some lost in their own worlds and the others smiling happily for the multiple cameras. Absolute bliss,brilliant fun, the day that we were all waiting for.
Comment by Iroms — June 18, 2006 @ 1:36 pm
wow… it s such a beautiful pic..best part is the photographer has been able to capture almost everyone in their most natural state..pls do post more pix.
Comment by meenal — June 19, 2006 @ 8:36 am
thanks iroms, lucky we had your camera!
Comment by electra — June 19, 2006 @ 6:23 pm
great pic.. BTW, I know some of them.. may be you too..
ha ha ha..
Comment by Janapathi — June 21, 2006 @ 8:35 am