Carol & Jeff's Wedding

Carol and Jeff

Marilyn took be along as her guest for Saturday’s wedding. Jeff is a friend from Harry’s years as an undergraduate at Western and he played in a band with both Carol and Jeff in med school – or something like that. Yesterday’s guests included the couples from Friday’s celebratory grad dinner, so I felt connected, even though I didn’t know Carol and Jeff myself. Harry and Laura picked us up in Stratford on Saturday morning and we drove directly to the church, St. John’s in Toronto’s Beaches neighborhood.

I was surprised to hear German spoken by a group waiting for the restroom in the rear of the church. Turns out they were Jeff’s relatives, in town for the occasion. The music was provided by an excellent little string ensemble and a superb soloist. The tiny flower girl, the bride’s niece, was carried down the aisle during the processional, but she got the picture during Mass and walked out on her own, to audible “awws”.

It was a cold afternoon and the female members of the wedding party must have been chilly in their lovely yellow dresses. Both families and all guests beamed on this happy day, missing only a little warmth and sun. More wedding pictures here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10203372940660641.1073741851.1125181306&type=1&l=2be6555931.