A wedding to remember….
January 1, 2010
A while ago I started writing a blog about my friend jimmies wedding and never posted it. I started rambling. But here it is anyway.;)
This past weekend Ava and I drove to St. Augustine to attend one of my best friends wedding. It was a joyous occasion. We all chipped in and rented a really nice house right on the beach. It was great. The view was to die for. When we arrived we were immediately hit with a bombardment of friends and celebration. I was really happy to see a lot of my old friends. Friends I had not seen or spoken to in many years. It’s always a bit awkward to just try to pick back up where you had left off. But it only took a few minutes and we were back at it. Swearing at each other or punching each other in various body parts. It’s amazing how barbaric I become when I see certain friends. The first night was fun. It was the official bachelor/bachelorette party. We walked what seem to be about 5 miles to another house where there was a party happening for the bride and groom. After hanging there a minute the grooms party decided it was time for shots.(oh Neat). So of course being the good sport I walked down to a crappy bar called Jacks and took shots with my good friends. You feel like such an idiot doing shots. Getting drunk that fast and shouting and putting aside all manners and moral code. But for some reason, it all felt right. My friend was getting married and he is a great man. When I really start to recap and think about the night. All the moments of shouting and cursing and shoving were brought on by the sharing of old memories. We have so many memories of what that crew of friends has done together. Things I will never forget. Some happy, some sad. Some funny, some tragic. We have done our best to stay in touch, but like all friends do at some point in life, we have grown apart. Nothing intentional, but life goes on. We grow older, we get married, we have kids, we move far away, or we never move away. At some point in our friendships, every single one of those friends have been there for me in some way at some point.
I’m not going to go into great detail about the wedding. But it was great to see my friends Jenn and Jimmy get married. They have worked harder than any couple to make it work. To me they represent what it takes to be devoted to the person you love no matter what. Jimmy is one of my best friends. In the past 5 years he has been there for me day in a day out. He is never too busy to take time out and call me to make sure I’m hanging in there. So thanks Jim:) Going back to St. Augustine can never be the same for me since I left. But I’m thankful for this wedding and this time with friends. It taught me that once again life goes on. Life gets better if you make it better, and no looking back. I mostly likely will never feel the way I once did about St. Augustine. But I’m so thankful for the time I spent there and the friends I made.
