Saturday night Ken and I went to a wedding. This is notable because Ken really, really, really hates weddings. All day long he kept saying, "What time are we going to the lynching?"
It was the wedding of Giselle,
daughter of my wonderful mentor, former boss & friend Mona. I have known Giselle since she was 6 years old, so this was a very special occasion for me. Her mom and dad have recently moved to the Dallas area, so I am thrilled that we are close and were able to be there.
It was a beautiful ceremony in the Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church (so Dallas!) and the reception was at Union Station, in downtown Dallas. The setting was gorgeous, the food was great. Ken kept going around saying, "I guess they musta spent two or three thousand dollars on this!" to people who don't know him, and therefore thought he was utterly insane.
I especially enjoyed seeing old friends Elton & Peggy, their daughter Erin and her husband Ali, Gunnar, Mona, and Mona's mom Laurice, and Maestro Franz Krager and his wife Deborah. I think Ken kind of startled Franz by telling him, "You are doing what I always wanted to do." (Franz is Director of Orchestras at UH). Ken meant, he has always wanted to have a professional career in music.
Well, today's the first day of the rest of our lives, folks! Let's all figure out what we're going to do next, and go for it.
