Dreams and Marriage

Well, I gotta admit it's nice having Ty back. The house seems to have taken on a little of its former feel, and I'm thankful for that.

I had a weird dream last night, that I was at my friend Sachiko's wedding, but it was like this odd gala event, with spotlights and tons of people. It took place like in a gymnasium and people were standing on the bleachers like a high school assembly. It was this big, larger than life event and in that sense it was pretty cool. I was standing with Stephanie and Mark Robertson, and we were one of many groups of people recognized during the ceremony, as the bride and groom were going around thanking groups of people that had been influential in their lives.
During one part, I ducked into the bathroom, and Marilee, Cole's mom was in there, and she asked to borrow my razor. She grabbed it and when the button didn't work as my battery is dead she looked at me like, wtf, but then started using it to trim her hair a little, which was pretty short, in this kinda cool short style cut. She was all flustered and nervous as she, well, tends to always be, and I told her she would end up looking like Sinead O'Connor and dragged her back out to the ceremony. Dunno what that was about.

Anyway, it got me thinking about my own wedding, and some non-traditional ideas about the ceremony. I certainly don't want some gala event, but I think it would be a cool thing to take the time to recognize my friends and family. A marriage, to me, is held together by more than just the will of two people to forge a new path as one life against the will and weather of time. A marriage is the joining together of two worlds, and two lives, and is supported by all the people that make those lives what they are. So really, when people get married they are bringing together all of those friends, all of those families, and making them one, and in that sense, joining the world a little closer together, so I think that celebrating the friendships that make each life meaningful is the very essence of celebrating a new marriage.

I hope that when I get married I can take that time to spotlight those meaningful relationships in both my life and my wife's, to symbolize the greater connection that takes place. Thanks, random dream.