Two weddings

Two wedding dinners

Both temple weddings

Two different situations/outlooks

I won’t say the names and I will try to explain my best. This was working at The Lion House as a banquet server a few days ago.

First wedding dinner, I was on this one. They were early, because it was snowy outside and they wanted some warm shelter. They were all here ready to go 10 minutes early. We did our best to hurry and get it all ready for them. We came in and they were all in a great mood. Tons of love, you could feel it. They finished and asked for help if they needed it. When we had served everything we left them alone to have our break. When we came back you could see through the window that they were taking some family pictures and laughing. Later they were still there but we needed to clean out the room so we asked if we could while they were finishing up. They didn’t mind at all. When I walked in there was Micheal Buble and Enya in the background and the main family members: parents, the couple, the siblings and their spouses, and their children. They were all dancing, laughing, and enjoying each others company. They had LOVE in their life. This wedding was happy and in no hurry to leave one another.

Second wedding dinner that I say and heard about from a distant. They were an hour late on being served salads. Every time I saw the bride she was walking to the bathroom, fussing with her hair, sad, or walking the hall alone. I never saw who her husband was or much else. She looked selfish and stuck up. She was gorgeous! Her dress was amazing, her hair was beautiful, and she was tan and just amazingly pretty. There was just something missing…happiness. I didn’t find out until later why she was upset. 1. The weather was bad so she didn’t get pictures 2. Some of her family left the dinner early and she was sad because she wanted to do pictures before they left so they had to wait for them. 3. They didn’t have a place to stay for the night. (Husband didn’t book a hotel)

The couple was fighting. I heard that she told him this was not the wedding she wanted. What a way to start off your wedding day. It was sad but she was letting every little “wrong” thing get to her. She would sit down with her head in her hands. Her dad wanted to help and do what he could; you could tell they wished everything had gone right. You can’t always change what happened but you choose to accept it and move on to something else. I worried and hoped they would have a good wedding night. When I was done and about ready to leave I went down the elevator and when the doors opened I saw the couple at the end of the hall giving each other a huge, then a kiss. They were able to fix what they could and they communicated with one another and made up.

Now this just got me to thinking, how do I want my wedding day to be? I want it to be full of happiness, and love. I don’t want the little things that go wrong to get to me. I hope that for everyone’s wedding. It should be a happy memorable day despite the things that go wrong. Let them be the things you laugh about later on.

The End =]