Gemma & Josh's Wedding

The wedding was really great. Gemma looked amazing. The gown she had made was a mandarin style, a soft (not garish) red that had butterflies all over the material and then on her back she had pinned 15 golden butterfly pins that fluttered when she moved. She looked soft and elegant, with just a touch of vulnerability.

Actually, everyone looked wonderful. Patrick told me I looked nice. Not exactly what I was going for, but... During the ceremony it was so incredibly hot and humid that sweat was dripping down my legs in streams. It was SO gross. I kept hoping for a breeze that never really came. But at least we weren't in the direct sun too much. The ceremony itself was very nice. I really liked the stories that each member of the bridal party told. I can say that Will's speech was the best. As it was his birthday he summed up with Gemma and Josh being they type to share every thing they have with their friends, including their wedding day. It was really terrific and he was the only one to receive applause from the crowd. Mine...well, I started off blubbering once I looked up at Gemma and Josh. It was down hill from there. I'm not sure what it was, exactly, that I said. I do remember I got a couple of laughs (thank god!). It happened so fast that I didn't really have time to think much about what I was saying once I was up there-I guess it wasn't too bad though because I had several people come up to me after the ceremony to tell me how moving and touching they thought what I said was. One lady, whom I had never met before, told me I moved her to tears. It was one big crying jag. Once I had finished and went to stand back over by Will and Pete, I turned to Will and asked him if I looked like a racoon (due to my sweating and inability to stop crying). Will looked at me and said simply, "Becca, you look absolutely gorgeous". It was so nice to hear that.

The reception went well and was a lot of fun. We laughed and danced (to some not so great music...I mean the DJ only had the country version of the Time Warp!!! The country version?!!? What kind of crap is that?). I got to see Monu, Daniel, and Mr. O'Mera as well as Mr. Tindal who insisted that I come out to NC and "do some theatre". I told him I would see if that couldn't be arranged. I even got Patrick to dance with me twice. I wish we had been able to get more pictures but I'm hoping that Gemma will post some on a website where we can purchase them if we like. I was sad that I didn't have the chance to say good-bye to Gemma before they left as we are leaving early in the morning and won't see them before hand. But that is the great thing about best friends, sometimes you don't have to say good bye.