Wednesday
12:56 am
It was a weird feeling. Seeing my sister and friends again. Forgot how warm the weather could get. Made it even worse for me, wearing double jackets. The first thing we all did together, was watch my brother-in-law's basketball game with some other familiar faces who later greeted me after the game. I was very tired as I've been awake for almost 24 hours straight. I needed some shut-eye. Then my brother-in-law's other brother, my former worship leader and now youth pastor, comes rolling in a brand new Hyundai Genesis Coupe'. He sees me for the first time with a big smile on his face and sheer surprise at how big I've gotten. Not big as in fat.....just, bigger in muscle size. I had been working out for a few months to get in shape for the army, and more recently, for Canada. I have noticed that I've been getting more attention lately by the ladies since arriving. After the wedding, I had met up with a former classmate who sure got surprised at how big I've gotten. She grabbed my arm and made me flex it to show it. "You weren't like that before" she said. True enough, I had been the skinny guy that everyone used to know me by.
Seeing me was great for everyone, but my sister had other things in her agenda to take care of. First and foremost was the wedding. So many small, yet important, details had to be made ready, then there were the shirts for the groomsmen, the food, the time schedule, and last, but certainly not least, our mother. It wasn't much going to be like facing her face-to-face. Just sending the invitation was hard on my sis and she wanted to give a phone call. But because it would take about three business days to deliver the letter, she was under pressure to do it, and do it soon. Finally, she sent it on a monday, in the same week as the wedding, which was on a friday. She tried to call but no one answered so she left an email. We didn't expect our mother to show up and sure enough, she didn't. My mother had sent an email stating that we deliberately sent the invitation too late for them to attend. She made it clear that they received it in their afternoon mail the same day as the wedding. But she had it all wrong. We expected it to arrive three days after monday, on a thursday. But then we remembered something. Thursday, the day before the wedding, was July 1st.....Canada Day! That meant no work on that day. My pastor (and now my sister's mother-in-law) says it was a divine intervention that it was delayed such as that, or else my mom would have come in time and objected to the wedding.
I'll end this part, in the enjoyment of reading my mother's email to me, to read aloud to all of the guests of the event.
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