My Best Friend's Wedding

So, it's been awhile...
And if you couldn't tell by the change in the winds and the warmth in the air...it's that time of the year...wedding season...
Total Weddings I'll attend this summer: 5+ (I'm leaving room for wedding crashing)
Total Weddings I'm in this summer: 4 (1 Best Man, 2x a Groomsman, 1 Usher)

Now the title is obvious...but a few weeks ago, i stood up as the Best Man in my best friend's wedding...
I've never been through this before...a wedding, yes. being the best man, no. standing there seeing my best friend go through a change that would make his life to never be the same again.

It was a beautiful wedding.
There may or may not have been a bit of comic relief in the ceremony when it came time for me to give the ring to the minister...I may have acted like i forgot the ring and each of us in the line-up patted down our jackets until it got down to the last guy who then "found" the ring and handed it back up the line where i brushed it off and handed it over.

We had fun...
The maid-of-honor and I drove the happy bride and groom in their new car, and on our way to the reception we made a stop at Starbucks...it was quite a site to see...

We danced...
If anyone has ever seen me attempt this, they'd know that i'm handicapped in this part of life. I don't think God intended on my moving much like that....but nonetheless, i danced...

Now as a duty of the Best Man, there was a speech that was to be given...i gave it, and yes, i'll be the first to admit that a tear or two or fifteen were shed. I stood up there with microphone in hand and my speech on the piece of paper in the other shaky hand. I got through the first side of the page and then i started to get choked up. I made it through it...although the back half of the page did take a bit to go through...probably because i bit into that onion and my eyes kept watering...or so i did cry..... Not because I was sad, but because I was there standing next to a brother in Christ who i've grown up with. My best friend just got married. I was overjoyed for the newlyweds. They are wonderful together and i love them both dearly.

Over the past few months, Jeremy and i would go to Buffalo Wild Wings just about every thursday night and talk about the upcoming event, D-day...the wedding...and after many many 50 cent boneless wings, numerous tall cold ones, and many laughs, I sit here trying to think of how i can communicate a conclusion about what I learned from those Thursday nights....it's not that i haven't learned anything...it's just that there aren't words that can describe how God forms one's heart over time...it's been a blessing to have Jeremy in my life, and to know that I was able to be a part of his wedding was amazing.

So tonight i'll raise my glass in honor of all of the weddings that take place over this summer, many i'll attend, some i'll be a part of, and none that i'll forget...