Last fall a bride called the Art Department looking for a photography. Kaitlin's friend Cynde answered the phone and gave the bride, Kaitlin's name and number. We met the bride, Tracy, and Alice, her mother-in -law to be, at Starbucks so they could see some of Kaitlin's pictures. They liked what they saw and decided to hire Kaitlin.
We just got back from the wedding. It was about 2 1/2 hours up the road. More on it in a minute.
As we walked in, as we usually do, we just begin introducing ourselves to whoever we meet. We met the groom for the first time. We saw Alice and introduced her to Carl. Kaitlin and I went to find the bride. There were maybe 25 people at this wedding including the wedding party. We were at a Catholic chruch on the top of a moutain in the tiny town of Altus, Arkansas when a lady that works with Carl walked up to him and asked him why he was at the wedding. He explained that he was there helping Kaitlin. The lady from Carl's work was the matron of honor. She had gone to college with the bride. The bride and groom had recently moved to Arkansas. It is a small world.
The wedding was beautiful. We think it was because there was lots of love and affection and care and thoughtfulness very much present. We felt like one of the family or I guess three of the family. It was a family event and there were lots of last minute things that had to be done but they were done without anger and harsh words.
When we left the bride and the mother-in-law just hugged Kaitlin and me. How precious.
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