October 17 – “He’s just sixteen years old, isnt he?”

We got all gussied up last night.  Suit and tie for me.  Very nice dress for Chris.  What was the occasion?  Just a simple date night is all.  Well, actually it was a bit more than that.  We were honored to have attended the wedding of one of our “little” Seaside kids.  And we are not the only ones to consider him a little kid.  Josh called the house just as we were leaving.  When we told him we were headed to Jimmy’s wedding he quipped, “That can’t be.  He’s just sixteen years old, isn't he?”  Nope.  All grown up.

 

The wedding was at St. Patrick’s, one of the historic Catholic churches on the Island.  Beautiful place.  Lots of stained glass windows and very much a God church.  Very vertical.  Everything about it directs your eye upwards toward God.  The ceremony was quite simple.  I heard it said that we got the “Protestant version, with no communion.”  That pretty well sums it up, I suppose.   But it was quite nice in its simplicity. 

 

The receptions was held at the Garten Verein, a popular wedding venue on the Island.  It’s another of those beautiful historic places.  It is located in a park next door to the high school football stadium.  We sat at a table with five other of our Seaside “kids.”

  One of them is married with a child.  Two others are married to each other and she is pregnant.  There wasn’t a huge crowd, though, because of Covid.  The bride’s Dad announced that they had to pare their guest list way down from the original 200.  It made for a quite the cozy feel. 

 

At the reception I positioned my chair next to another Astros fan, and we watched the playoff game throughout the reception on my phone.  Between us we also may or may not have snuck a peek or two at the score during the wedding itself, but that cannot be confirmed or denied, so it will be useless to ask further questions in that regard.  The Astros did win the game, though.  Tied up the series and sent it to a concluding game seven tonight.

 

Meanwhile, back at the house, our out of town guests from Arlington, the Huntleys, were making themselves at home.  They came to Galveston to celebrate Diane’s birthday with us.  Actually, I think we were third or fourth on their list of possibilities, but we were glad they finally got down to us.  It is great to have them here for a few days.  This morning Larry and I are supposed to go fishing.  Not sure yet when he’ll wake up, and I’m also not sure what casting will do to my back, but I guess I’ll find out shortly …

 

Romans 8:31 says, “What, then, shall we say in response to these things?  If God is for us, who can be against us?”

 

Father, please walk with Jimmy and Mary as they head out to a life together.  Help them to get to know you better and better.  That’s the only way they can truly love each other more and more.  Amen.