Not my fam this time. But at the wedding Pablo and I attended last weekend, check this out - only in a small town. It was a huge wedding - over 400 people RSVPd, perhaps closer to 500. Amanda Miller and Michael Buck. BF and GF since junior high with very few breaks.
One of the bridesmaids is from a broken family. When the fam first moved to Creston - I would have never thought they were doomed to the D word. Divorce. Amy is the youngest child and she's my Amy's age. Always liked the kid - took her around to lots of AAU volleyball games. She's a sweetie - can get along with anyone.
The dad Chris was the HS principal, first and then later after he got another degree, he became a college mgt. guy -VP or something. Julie, the mom is a free spirit. She does real estate appraisals and travels a bit. So I think Amy was prolly in junior high or so when her folks split up. Sad deal. I think 'ol Chris had a wandering eye, but I'm sure there was more to it than that.
Julie eventually moved to DM and remarried - this time to another appraiser. Chris dated around and then married Sandy, a woman in town who had lost her husband several years ago, raising her kids alone for a long time. They moved the two blended families into the Harris house. The new family didn't last long. I'm sure the dynamics were rough. Whatever.
So divorce again for Chris. Meets someone else at the college marriage again. Builds a house. Amy graduates and attends SWCC and then ISU. Chris decides to get his doctorate and moves to Ames. Not sure if he's married or not.
So we're at this wedding. Amy is a bridesmaid. Julie is there with spouse, sitting with Sarah the oldest daughter and her spouse, along with Chris and Amy's BF. Daughter Erin and her BF are there too. At the reception, they all sat together! Later, here comes Sandy - I see her chatting with Chris. It all seemed very civilized and I'm sure it made Amy very happy to see her family all together - along with a couple of the Harris boys Jess and Willy.
The other funny thing was trying to figure out just who was related to the groom's and the bride's families. Lots of cousins on the Miller side. Kinda like the Goldsmiths around Earlville.
It was a fun wedding - seeing Amy's classmates (it was really the guys she liked a lot) having such a good time dancing and being together. Wish Amy and Jud could have been there again, just like they were for Krissy and Caleb's wedding.
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