Empty Checkbook + Lots of Smiling = The Wedding's Almost Here

I cannot wait. You would think that with all the last-minute details I'm going nuts, but you would be wrong. Somehow it's gotten easier since all the big decisions have been made. It feels like Christmas. There's never enough time to plan as thoroughly as you'd like, but whether you're ready or not, the day comes. And it's always fun.

That's what I feel like this will be: fun, fun, and more fun. Our families are coming! Sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Our friends are coming! Old friends, new friends, work friends, neighbors. Lots of hugs and kisses and cheeks hurting from smiling so much. Annelee and Craig making their vows, and us getting verklempt. Little fingermarks run through the frosting on the wedding cake. Teenagers trying to sneak a drink. Laughing because something is going wrong. Laughing because so much is going absolutely right.

I keep thinking of Yeats: How but in custom and ceremony are innocence and beauty born?